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Taphura sauliensis Boulard 1971

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Taphura sauliensis Boulard, 1971

Taphura sauliensis Boulard 1971: 688. (Saul, center of village, French Guiana)

REMARKS. The claspers of T. sauliensis bifurcate at their terminus and bent towards the midline and the basal pygofer lobes are rounded finger-like extensions. The transverse mark in the pronotal ambient fissure is split into three parts in T. sauliensis but is a single mark in T. hastifera and the claspers of T. hastifera are claw-like rather than bifurcating at the terminus. Taphura boulardi can be distinguished quickly by the five spots on the head. This species differs from T. attiguclava and T. nitida in the absence of a piceous transverse band on the anterior abdominal tergites (Sanborn 2017a).

DISTRIBUTION. The currently known distribution of the species includes Ecuador, French Guiana, Colombia, Peru, and Trinidad & Tobago (Duffels & van der Laan 1985; Sanborn 2013; 2017a), with the first records for Venezuela reported recently (Sanborn 2020a). Pogue (1996) reported the species from Pakitza and Tambopata.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. “ PERU: San Martin Dept. / Moyabamba, vic. / Ecológico “Rumipata” / 13–18-X-2012 J. E. Eger // S 06º 04’32.0”, W / 076º 58’ 07.5 ” 970 / m, MV & UV Light ” 14 males and one female (FSCA), two males (AFSC).

Notes

Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F., 2020, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Peru including the description of twenty-four new species, three new synonymies, and thirty-seven new records, pp. 1-129 in Zootaxa 4785 (1) on page 52, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4785.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3862255

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Biodiversity

Collection code
FSCA, AFSC
Event date
2012-10-13
Verbatim event date
2012-10-13/18
Scientific name authorship
Boulard
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cicadidae
Genus
Taphura
Species
sauliensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Taphura sauliensis Boulard, 1971 sec. Sanborn, 2020

References

  • Boulard, M. (1971) Cicadidae et Tibicinidae (Homoptera) recoltes en Guyane par la Mission du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Annals de la Societe Entomoloqigue de France, New Series, 7, 685 - 693.
  • Sanborn, A. F. (2017 a) Generic redescription, seven new species and a key to the Taphura Stal, 1862 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae: Taphurini). Zootaxa, 4324 (3), 451 - 481. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4324.3.3
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Sanborn, A. F. (2020 a) Eight new species and three new records of Neotropical cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from Venezuela. Journal of Insect Biodiversity, 16, 6 - 37. https: // doi. org / 10.12976 / jib / 2020.16.1.2
  • Pogue, M. G. (1996) Biodiversity of Cicadoidea (Homoptera) of Pakitza, Manu Reserved Zone and Tambopata Reserved Zone, Peru: A faunal comparison. In: Wilson, D. E. & Sandoval, A. (Eds.), Manu, the biodiversity of southeastern Peru. Smithsonian Institution, Editorial Horizonte, Lima, pp. 313 - 325. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / s 0266467498260391