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Abroma guerinii

Description

Abroma guerinii (Signoret, 1860)

Cicada guerinii Signoret 1860: 180. (Madagascar)

Remarks.—The largest of the Madagascar species of the genus, body length 19–22 mm, wingspan 61–66 mm (Signoret 1860; specimens in hand). A primarily castaneous species sparingly marked with piceous with a contrasting greenish costal margin.

Distribution.—The species is known from Madagascar and Mauritius (Metcalf 1963b; Sanborn 2013). Karsch (1890) and Jacobi (1917) reported the species from central Madagascar.

Material examined.—“ MADAGASCAR Toamagina Prov / Parc Nacional Andasibe (Perinet) / 19 km E Moramanga, 1000 m / in forest, colls: E.I. Schlinger, / M.E. Irwin, & H.H. Rasolondalao / MEI.99-MA-3 24–XII–1999 // CASENT 3002749” one male (AFSC); “ MADAGASCAR Toamagina Prov / Parc Nacional Andasibe (Perinet) / 19 km E Moramanga, 1000 m / in forest, colls: E.I. Schlinger, / M.E. Irwin, & H.H. Rasolondalao / MEI.99-MA-3 24–XII–1999 // CASENT 3002747” one male (AFSC); “ MADAGASCAR: Province / Fianarantswoa, Parc National / Ranomafana, Belle Vue at / Talatakely, elev 1020 m / 12—19 February 2002 // 21° 15.99’S, 47° 25.21’E / collector: R. Harin’Hala / California Acad of Sciences / malaise, secondary tropical / forest MA-02-09C-16 // CASENT 3004991” one female (AFSC).

Notes

Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F., 2021, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae) of Madagascar including a new tribe, five new genera, twelve new species, four new species synonymies, five revised species status, ten new combinations, new tribal assignments for four genera, one new subtribe synonymy, a checklist and key to the species, pp. 1-79 in Zootaxa 4937 (1) on page 37, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4937.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4559438

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
AFSC
Event date
1999-12-24 , 2002-02-12
Family
Cicadidae
Genus
Abroma
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Signoret
Species
guerinii
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
1999-12-24 , 2002-02-12/19
Taxonomic concept label
Abroma guerinii (Signoret, 1860) sec. Sanborn, 2021

References

  • Signoret, V. (1860) Faune des Hemipteres de Madagascar. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, Series 4, 8, 177 - 206.
  • Metcalf, Z. P. (1963 b) General catalogue of the Homoptera, Fascicle VIII. Cicadoidea. Part 2. Tibicinidae. North Carolina State College Contribution, 1564, i-vi + 1 - 492.
  • Sanborn, A. F. (2013) Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea). With contributions to the bibliography by Martin H. Villet. Elsevier / Academic Press, San Diego, 1001 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / b 978 - 0 - 12 - 416647 - 9.00001 - 2
  • Karsch, F. A. F. (1890) Beitrage zur kenntniss der singcikaden Afrika's und Madagascar's. Berliner Entomologischer Zeitschrift, 35, 85 - 130. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 18900350107
  • Jacobi, A. (1917) Die Zikadenfauna Madagascars und der Comoren. Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903 - 1905 mit Mitteln der Hermann und Elise geb. Heckmann Wentzel-Stiftung ausgef ʾ hrt von Professor Dr. Alfred Voeltzkow. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. Systematische Arbeiten, 3, 519 - 552. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 64840