<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Taphura misella Stal 1854</title> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/> </head> <body> <h1> <i>Taphura misella</i> (Stål, 1854)</h1> <p> <i>Cicada misella</i> Stål 1854: 243. (Minas Gerais, Brazil)</p> <p>REMARKS. An oddity in the genus in the male genitalia are reduced. The species can be distinguished from <i>T. hastifera</i> and <i>T. nitida</i> by the infuscation on the apex of the fore wings in these species. The simple male genitalia, very short claspers, U-shaped female sternite VII and infuscation in the middle of hind wing anal cell 3 distinguish this species from <i>T. demissa</i> which has extended male claspers, a V-shaped notch in female sternite VII, and lacks infuscation in the middle of hind wing anal cell 3 (Sanborn 2017a).</p> <p>DISTRIBUTION. The species has been reported from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and French Guiana (Metcalf 1963c; Sanborn 2013; Sanborn & Heath 2014).</p> <p> <sub>MATERIAL</sub> EXAMINED. “ Prov. del Sara / Bolivia, 450 m. / J. Steinbach // Nov. / 1909 // C. M. / Acc. 6549” one female (CMNH), “ Prov. del Sara / Bolivia, 450 m. / J. Steinbach // Carn. Mus. / Acc. 6443” one male (AFSC).</p> </body> </html>