Fidicinoides, Boulard & Martinelli, 1996

Sanborn, Allen F., Moore, Thomas E. & Young, Allen M., 2008, Two new cicada species from Costa Rica (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadidae) with a key to the species of Fidicinoides in Costa Rica, Zootaxa 1846, pp. 1-20 : 19

Key to the Fidicinoides of Costa Rica

1 Body length greater than 30 mm ...........................................................................................................2

1’ Body length less than 30 mm .................................................................................................................4

2 (1) Tegmina and wings smoky in appearance distally (fig. 26) ........................................ F. fumea (Distant)

2’ Tegmina and wings hyaline distally.......................................................................................................3

3 (2’) Mesothorax with large, medial obconical spots and spots in scutal depression (fig. 27) ........................ ................................................................................................................................... F. pronoe (Walker)

3’ Mesothorax without markings or with only a line along parapsidal suture (fig. 28) F. c a c h l a (Distant)

4 (1’) Base of tegmina and wings opaquely colored (fig. 29) ................................................ F. sericans (Stål)

4’ Base of tegmina and wings not opaquely colored..................................................................................5

5 (4’) Tegmina with spines on the costal margin.............................................................................................6

5’ Tegmina without spines on the costal margin........................................................................................7

6’ (5) Mesothorax with obconical spots, hind border of pronotum ground color (fig. 30)............................... ............................................................................................................................ F. v a r i e g a t a (Sanborn)

6’ Mesothorax without obconical spots, hind margin of pronotum black (fig. 31) .. F. spinicosta (Walker)

7 (5’) Abdominal tergite markings forming an arch across abdomen, mark along parapsidal suture linear, head with incomplete transverse line through ocelli (fig. 1). ............................................ F. coffea sp.n.

7’ Abdominal tergites fuscous anteriorly, mark along parapsidal suture comma or obconical in shape, head markings primarily on frons and anterior vertex. ............................................. F. guayabana sp.n.