Taphura misella (Stål, 1854)

Cicada misella Stål 1854: 243 (type material in NHRS).

Cicada (Taphura) misella Stål 1862a: 20 .

Thaphura (sic) misella Stål 1870: 717 .

Taphura misella Distant 1905a: 34 .

Type locality. Brazil, Minas Gerais.

Remarks. An oddity in the genus in the male genitalia are reduced.

Distribution. The species is currently known from Brazil (Metcalf 1963; Sanborn 2013) and was recently recorded from Argentina (Sanborn & Heath 2014). The distribution of the species is expanded here to included Bolivia and French Guiana.

Material examined for new records. “ Prov. del Sara / Bolivia, 450 m. / J. Steinbach // Nov. / 1909 // C. M. / Acc. 6549” one female (CMNH), “ Prov. del Sara / Bolivia, 450 m. / J. Steinbach // Carn. Mus. / Acc. 6443” one male (AFSC); “ FRENCH GUIANA / Réserve de la Trinité, zone Aya / N 4° 35' 20", O 53° 18' 1", Commune de / Saint Elie, 06-XI-2013 / Automatic Luminating trap / Soc. Ent. Antilles-Guyane leg.” one female (AFSC); “ FRENCH GUIANA / Montagne des Chevaux, (forest on / quartzite), N 4°44'31.54" O 52°25'53.02" / altitude 90m, commune de Roura / 27-IX-2010, Automatic Luminating / Trap with Gemlight / Soc. Ent. Antilles-Guyane leg.” one female (AFSC); “ FRENCH GUIANA / Montagne des Chevaux, (forest on / quartzite), N 4°44'31.54" O 52°25'53.02" / altitude 90m, commune de Roura / 07-XII-2013, Automatic Luminating / Trap with Gemlight / Soc. Ent. Antilles-Guyane leg.” one female (AFSC); “ FRENCH GUIANA / Montagne des Chevaux, (forest on / quartzite), N 4°44'31.54" O 52°25'53.02" / altitude 90m, commune de Roura / 03-II-2013, Automatic Luminating / Trap with Gemlight / Soc. Ent. Antilles-Guyane leg.” one female (AFSC); “ FRENCH GUIANA / Mont Matoury, N 4°51'31.00" / O 52°22'36.00" commune de Matoury / 28-IX-2014 / Flight Interception Trap / Soc. Ent. Antilles- Guyane leg.” one male (AFSC); “ FRENCH GUIANA / Saül Pointe-de-Vue, / 21-I-2016 / Automatic Light Trap, Blue light / Soc. Ent. Antilles-Guyane leg.” one female (AFSC).