Curtara DeLong & Freytag, 1972 (Cicadellidae: Iassinae: Gyponini) from Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Southeastern Brazil: description of six new species and new species records.

Six new species of Curtara are described, all with type-locality at Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Itatiaia municipality, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil: (1) Curtara (Curtara) andresi sp. nov. with the posterodorsal margin of the male pygofer forming a slightly sclerotized triangular projection and curved internally, style with apex rounded with dorsal spine, aedeagus with a pair of elongated falcate atrial processes, and shaft with a pair of short lateral subapical processes, directed ventrally; (2) Curtara (C.

Review of Proxima DeLong amp; Freytag (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini) with description of two new species from Brazil and identification key to species.

The previously monotypic genus Proxima DeLong Freytag, 1975 is reviewed and new diagnostic characters are added. The type-species Proxima ocellata DeLong Freytag, 1975 described from the State of Esprito Santo, Brazil, is redescribed and newly recorded from the State of Minas Gerais. Also, two new species are described and illustrated: Proxima nigromaculata sp.