Hemisciera maculipennis ( de Laporte, 1832 )

Sanborn, Allen F., 2023, Two new species and two new records for cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from French Guiana, with an updated faunal list of French Guiana and the first synoptic list for Guyana, Zootaxa 5368 (1), pp. 1-74 : 29

Hemisciera maculipennis ( de Laporte, 1832)

Cicada maculipennis de Laporte 1832: 412 ( French Guiana and Brazil).

Cicada versicolor Brullé 1835 (in Audouin & Brullé): Plate v, Fig. 1 .

Cicada sumptuosa Blanchard 1840: 165 .

Fidicina floslofia Walker 1858b: 15 (Ega, Brazil).

Distribution. The species has been reported from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Panama, and Peru ( Metcalf 1963a; Sanborn 2011 a, 2013 c, 2018b, 2019 a, 2020 a, c, 2023; Sanborn & Heath 2014; Nunes et al. 2023).

Material examined. “ FRENCH GUIANA / STM Mont Saint Marcel de la / Haute-Camopi, (Inselberg) , / N 2°23’03.00” O 53°00’37.00”, altitude / 635m, Commune de Camopi, 23-IX-2014 / Automatic Luminating trap / Soc. Ent. Antilles-Guyane leg.” one female ( AFSC).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Zammara conflutrimacula n. sp.: A, Holotype male habitus; B, holotype male dorsum; C, holotype male timbal; D, holotype male operculum; E, holotype male lateral view of genitalia; F, holotype male posterior view of genitalia; G, holotype male venter on day of capture; H, holotype male dorsum on day of capture. G and H courtesy of Jérémie Lapèze. Scale bar: A, 2 cm; B, 5 mm; C–D, 2 mm; E–F, 1 mm.