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Taphura maculata Sanborn 2011
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Taphura maculata Sanborn, 2011
Taphura maculata Sanborn 2011: 411 (type material in UGCA, LSAM and AFSC).
Type locality. French Guiana, Belizone, Montagues de Tortue, 427 m, 4°14’42”N, 52°35’06”W.
Remarks. The claspers bend at a right angle at about half their length, a condition unique in the genus. The spots on the head are found only in this species and T. boulardi.
Distribution. The species is currently known only from the type series collected in French Guiana (Sanborn 2011).
Notes
Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F., 2017, Generic redescription, seven new species and a key to the Taphura Stål, 1862 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadetttinae: Taphurini), pp. 451-481 in Zootaxa 4324 (3) on page 477, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/998410
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Sanborn
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Cicadidae
- Genus
- Taphura
- Species
- maculata
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Taphura maculata Sanborn, 2011 sec. Sanborn, 2017
References
- Sanborn, A. F. (2011) 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