Published November 17, 2020 | Version v1
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Dorisiana semilata

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Department of Biology, Barry University, 11300 NE Second Avenue, Miami Shores, FL 33161 – 6695, USA

Description

Dorisiana semilata (Walker, 1850)

Cicada semilata Walker 1850: 122. (St. Lucia, Antilles and Cayenne, French Guiana)

Cicada passer Walker 1850: 124. (Venezuela)

Cicada brizo Walker 1850: 125. (Unknown collection locality)

Cicada melisa Walker 1850: 127. (Venezuela)

Cicada melina Walker 1850: 128. (Unknown collection locality)

Cicada panyases Walker 1850: 133. (British Guiana)

Cicada pidytes Walker 1850: 134. (Unknown collection locality)

Cicada physcoa Walker 1850: 135. (Unknown collection locality)

Cicada braure Walker 1850: 136. (Pará, Brazil)

Cicada solennis Walker 1850: 143. (St. Lucia, Antilles)

REMARKS.—The number of species that were synonymized by Metcalf (1963a) may not all represent the same species. For example, D. metcalfi was erected out of synonymy after it was shown the genitalia of the species differed (Sanborn & Heath 2014). The relatively short descriptions in Walker (1850) may mean that some of the synonymized species are in fact valid taxa.

The references to D. semilata in Ecuador are all as synonymized examples of D. metcalfi in Metcalf’s (1963a) catalogue. No specimens have been seen or reported in the literature as D. semilata in Ecuador. As a result, D. semilata is removed from the cicada fauna of Ecuador.

DISTRIBUTION.—The species has been reported from a wide geographic range. Records for the species have been published for Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, St. Lucia, the Antilles, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela (Metcalf 1963a; Duffels & van der Laan 1985; Dorval et al. 2011; Sanborn 2011a, b; 2013; 2014a; 2019b; 2020b, e; Sanborn & Heath 2014). Previous records to Panama are in error (Sanborn 2018c) as are the Ecuadorian records. The range may be refined significantly if some of the synonyms turn out to be valid species.

Notes

Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F., 2020, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Ecuador including the description of five new species, a new subtribe, four new synonymies, and fifteen new records, pp. 1-80 in Zootaxa 4880 (1) on pages 69-70, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4880.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4425522

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Walker
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cicadidae
Genus
Dorisiana
Species
semilata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Dorisiana semilata (Walker, 1850) sec. Sanborn, 2020

References

  • Walker, F. (1850) List of the Specimens of Homopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. British Museum Trustees, London, 260 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 9063
  • Metcalf, Z. P. (1963 a) General catalogue of the Homoptera, Fascicle VIII. Cicadoidea. Part 1. Cicadidae. Section I. Tibiceninae. North Carolina State College Contribution, 1502, i-vii + 1 - 585.
  • Sanborn, A. F. & Heath, M. S. (2014) The cicadas of Argentina with new records, a new genus and fifteen new species (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae). Zootaxa, 3883 (1), 1 - 94. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3883.1.1
  • Duffels, J. P. & van der Laan, P. A. (1985) Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Homoptera, Auchenorhyncha) 1956 - 1980. Series Entomologica 34. Dr. W. Junk Publishers, Dordrect, 414 pp.
  • Dorval, A., Filho, O. P., Costa, R. B. da & de Souza, M. D. (2011) Diversidade de cigarras (Hemiptera-Homoptera) em ambientes florestais no municipio de Cotriguacu, estado de Mato Grosso. Diversity of cicadas (Hemiptera-Homoptera) in forest environments in the municipality of Cotriguacu, state of Mato Grosso. Multitemas, Campo Grande, MS, 40, 7 - 19. https: // doi. org / 10.18472 / sustdeb. v 7 n 2.2016.4722
  • Sanborn, A. F. (2018 c) The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Panama including the description of six new species, three new combinations, one new synonymy, and nine new records. Zootaxa, 4493 (1), 1 - 69. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4493.1.1