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Fidicinoides descampsi Boulard & Martinelli 1996

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Department of Biology, Barry University, 11300 NE Second Avenue, Miami Shores, FL 33161 - 6695, USA.

Description

Fidicinoides descampsi Boulard & Martinelli, 1996 new record

Fidicinoides descampsi Boulard & Martinelli 1996: 69. (San José del Guaviare, Vaupés Department, Colombia)

Remarks. This species has infuscation connecting all crossveins and proximal apical cells and dark infuscation on the ambient vein and distal apical cell veins. The only other recorded species, F. pronoe (Walker, 1850) lacks infuscation in the fore wing. The wingspan of F. descampsi (about 115 mm) is also greater than F. pronoe (about 85 mm).

Distribution. The species has been reported previously from Colombia (Sanborn 2013) with recent records expanding the distribution to include Bolivia (Sanborn 2019a), Peru (Sanborn 2020b), and Ecuador (Sanborn 2020d).

Material examined for new record. “ TRINIDAD: St. George Co. / Arima Ward, Morne Bleu / Rd. Relay Sta., 11-/ VI-1977 / R. E. Woodruff / J. Boos, at light” one female (FSCA); “ Maracas Bay /Trinidad/ VII-12-1968 /Julius Boos// E.N. Kellesvig-Waering /Collection” one male (FSCA); “ Petit Valley / TRINIDAD /Station No. 1/ 10 June 1970 ” one female (FSCA); “ TRINIDAD: St. George Co. / St. Ann’s Ward, Mile 6.25/ N. Coast Rd., 10-VI-77/ R. E. Woodruff, J. Boos / snake carrion traps ” one female (AFSC). “ TRINIDAD / St. Andrew’s Trace /above (north) Arima / VII-26-80: M.A. McAuley // LSAM/0300539 ” one male (LSAM).

Notes

Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F., 2020, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Trinidad and Tobago including the description of three new species and seven new records, with new records for several additional Caribbean Islands, pp. 535-565 in Zootaxa 4838 (4) on page 538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4838.4.7, http://zenodo.org/record/4405459

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
R, FSCA, AFSC, LSAM
Material sample ID
LSAM/0300539
Event date
1968-07-12
Verbatim event date
1968-07-12
Scientific name authorship
Boulard & Martinelli
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cicadidae
Genus
Fidicinoides
Species
descampsi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Fidicinoides descampsi Boulard, 1996 sec. Sanborn, 2020

References

  • 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.
  • 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
  • Sanborn, A. F. (2019 a) The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Bolivia including the descriptions of fifteen new species, the resurrection of one genus and two species, seven new combinations, six new synonymies, and twenty-eight new records. Zootaxa, 4655 (1), 1 - 104. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4655.1.1
  • Sanborn, A. F. (2020 b) The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Peru including the descriptions of twenty-four new species, three new synonymies, and thirty-seven new records. Zootaxa, 4785 (1), 1 - 129. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4785.1.1
  • Sanborn, A. F. (2020 d) The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Ecuador including the descriptions of five new species, a new subtribe, four new synonymies, and fiteen new records. Zootaxa. [in press]