Fidicinoides besti Boulard & Martinelli, 1996

Sanborn, Allen F., 2020, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Ecuador including the description of five new species, a new subtribe, four new synonymies, and fifteen new records, Zootaxa 4880 (1), pp. 1-80 : 19-20

Fidicinoides besti Boulard & Martinelli, 1996 new record

Fidicinoides besti Boulard & Martinelli 1996: 59 . (Lago Amaná, Amazonas, Brazil)

REMARKS.—A small species of Fidicinoides (body lengths about 30–32 mm, wingspan about 96) with infuscation restricted to the radial and radiomedial crossveins of the fore wings. The most similar Ecuadorian species of Fidicinoides is F. brunnea Boulard & Martinelli, 1996 but it can be distinguished by the infuscation along the ambient vein of the wings and the lateral branch of the uncus being about as thick as the dorsal crest of the uncus rather than being about half the thickness of the dorsal crest as it is in F. besti . The infuscation in the wings distinguishes it from F. picea ( Walker, 1850) , F. pronoe ( Walker, 1850) and F. ptychodiropeda Sanborn 2020b . Infuscation on the ambient vein distinguishes F. descampsi Boulard & Martinelli, 1996 and F. poulaini Boulard & Martinelli, 1996 from this species.

DISTRIBUTION.—The species has been reported previously from Brazil and Venezuela (Sanborn 2013). The first record for Colombia is provided to generate a more complete representation of the distribution of the species as the specimen was unavailable when the faunal analysis of that country was produced ( Sanborn 2010b).

MATERIAL EXAMINED FOR NEW RECORD.— “ ECUADOR: Napo Prov. / Estación Cientifica Yasuní / 00º 40’28” S, 76º 38’50” W / IX–5–10–1999, UV light / Coll. E.G. Riley, 215 m.” five males ( TAMU), three males ( AFSC).

MATERIAL EXAMINED FOR NEW RECORD FOR COLOMBIA.— “ COLOMBIA: / Leticia , Amazonas / 2–20 Mar. 1974 / coll. T.W. Taylor ” one male ( LACM).