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Herrera Distant 1905

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Genus Herrera Distant, 1905b

Herrera Distant 1905b: 486.

Type species. Cicada marginella Walker 1858a: 21 (Orizaba, Vera Cruz, Mexico).

Diagnosis. Distant (1905b) distinguished Herrera by a head about as wide as the mesonotum, a vertex longer than the frons, a pronotum about as long as the mesonotum, an abdomen about as long as the distance from the apex of the head to the posterior cruciform elevation, small male opercula, strongly spined fore femora, and a fore wing width being slightly more than half the fore wing length but the fore wing width can be as little as one third in some species. The relative length of the pronotum to the mesonotum, the fore wing width ratio and the size of the male opercula have become more variable as a greater number of species has been described. The pygofer basal lobe appendage is diagnostic for each species of the genus.

Notes

Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F., 2024, The cicada (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) fauna of the Lesser Antilles sensu lato with the description of two new species, two new combinations, and a key to species, pp. 33-69 in Zootaxa 5497 (1) on page 54, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5497.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/13617972

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Distant
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cicadidae
Genus
Herrera
Taxon rank
genus
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Herrera Distant, 1905 sec. Sanborn, 2024

References

  • Distant, W. L. (1905 b) Rhynchotal notes XXXII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 7, 15, 478 - 486. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 03745480509442837
  • Walker, F. (1858 a) List of the specimens of Homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Supplement. British Museum Trustees, London, 307 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 9063