Carineta socia Uhler, 1875

SANBORN, ALLEN F, 2020, Eight new species and three new records of Neotropical cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from Venezuela, Journal of Insect Biodiversity 16 (1), pp. 6-37 : 30-31

Carineta socia Uhler, 1875 new record

Carineta socia Uhler 1875: 285 . (Lower Amazons, perhaps near Santarém, Pará, Brazil)

Remarks. This species is one of a group of unmarked species of Carineta that are of similar size and general morphology. It is larger than C. maracayensis sp. nov. of the Venezuelan fauna and can be distinguished from similar species by having in combination a lack of bronzing of the distal fore wings found in the remaining species, the lack of longitudinal lines within of the fore wing apical cells, the anterior margin of the supra-antennal plates is angled in the middle rather than being smoothly curved anteriorly, the lateral angle of the pronotal collar forms an approximate right angle, the posterior opening of the timbal cavity is smoothly curved, the male opercula have a curved posterior margin, and the basal lobe appendage extends along the midline with the terminus bent at a right angle (illustrated in Boulard 1986).

Distribution. The species has been reported previously from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana and Peru ( Metcalf 1963b; Duffels & van der Laan 1985; Dorval et al. 2011; Sanborn 2011a; 2013; 2019a; 2020).

Material examined for new record. “ Rancho Grande , / 1100 ms., E. Aragua / Venezuela 10-XI-50 / F. Fernandez Yepez ” one male ( FSCA).