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Dorisiana Metcalf 1952

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  • 1. Department of Biology, Barry University, 11300 NE Second Avenue, Miami Shores, FL 3316 - 6695, USA

Description

Genus Dorisiana Metcalf, 1952

Dorisia Delétang 1919: 83.

Dorisiana Metcalf 1952 nom. nov. pro Dorisia Delétang, 1919 nec Dorisia M̂schler, 1883: 351.

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

Remarks. The genus was introduced in a taxonomic key (Delétang 1919) that led to a history of problems in how the taxon was applied. To amplify the problems, neither Metcalf (1952) when a replacement name was provided for the preoccupied Dorisia nor Boulard & Martinelli (1996) when they separated Dorisana and Guyalna by two characters in the taxonomic key where Guyalna was introduced provided a full description of the genus. The lack of a full generic description has meant multiple species have been assigned to incorrect genera or species were reassigned to different genera only to be reassigned to Dorisiana in the future. The only structure used by Delétang (1919) to distinguish his genus was a cruciform elevation notched in the form of a more or less open semicircle, unfortunately a character state found in many Fidicinini. Boulard & Martinelli (1996) used a tapered, triangular timbal cover as the characteristic to distinguish Dorisiana in their key. Species of Dorisiana are most similar to species of Guyalna but can be distinguished by a head not as wide or wider than mesonotum, eyes not extending beyond pronotal lateral edges, triangular timbal covers, ventral timbal cover margin angled dorsally and not parallel to long body axis, and lateral uncus lobe not extending to the same length as they do in the species of Guyalna (Sanborn 2016a).

Distribution. The genus has been reported over much of the New World with examples being recorded from the Antilles, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela (Metcalf 1963a; Duffels & van der Laan 1985; Boulard & Martinelli 2011; Sanborn 2011a, b; 2013; 2014a; 2016b; 2018b; 2019b; 2020c, d, e; Sanborn & Heath 2014).

Notes

Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F., 2020, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Suriname including the description of two new species, five new combinations, and three new records, pp. 453-481 in Zootaxa 4881 (3) on page 467, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4283890

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Metcalf
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cicadidae
Genus
Dorisiana
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Dorisiana Metcalf, 1952 sec. Sanborn, 2020

References

  • Metcalf, Z. P. (1952) New names in the Homoptera. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 42, 226 - 231.
  • Deletang, L. F. (1919) Contribucion al estudio de los Cicadidos (Cicadidae) argentinos (Hemiptera-Homoptera) ensayo filogenetico. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina, 88, 25 - 94.
  • 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
  • Boulard, M. & Martinelli, N. M. (1996) Revision des Fidicini, nouveau statut de la tribu, especes connues et nouvelles especes (Cicadomorpha, Cicadidae, Cicadinae). Premiere partie: Sous-tribu nouvelle des Fidicinina. Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Travaux du Laboratoire Biologie et Evolution des Insectes Hemipteroidea, 9, 11 - 81.
  • Sanborn, A. F. (2016 a) The cicada genus Guyalna Boulard & Martinelli, 1996 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Fidicinini): generic description, twelve new combinations, and a key to species. Zootaxa, 4105 (5), 430 - 454. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4105.5.2
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Boulard, M. & Martinelli, N. M. (2011) Nouvelles cigales neotropicales de la sous-tribu des Guyalinina (Rhynchota, Cicadidae, Cicadinae, Fidicinini). Lambillionea, 61, 219 - 232.
  • Sanborn, A. F. (2011 a) Checklist of the cicadas of French Guiana including new records and the description of nine new species (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadoidea, Cicadidae). Zoosystema, 33, 377 - 418. https: // doi. org / 10.5252 / z 2011 n 3 a 6
  • 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