Cracenpsaltria brasiliorum Kirkaldy, 1909

Sanborn, Allen F., 2016, Generic redescription, two new species, and a key to the species of the cicada genus Ariasa Distant, 1905 with the description of a new genus (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Fidicinini), Zootaxa 4137 (4), pp. 501-519 : 516-517

Cracenpsaltria brasiliorum Kirkaldy, 1909 rev. stat., n. comb.

Cicada viridis (nom. nud.) Stoll 1788: 72.

Cicada marginata Olivier 1790: 755 .

Tettigonia viridis Fabricius 1803: 39 .

Cicada viridis Germar 1830: 7 [43].

Tympanoterpes marginata Stål 1866: 172 .

Ariasa marginata Distant 1906: 90 .

Ariasa brasiliorum Kirkaldy 1909 nom. nov. pro Cicada marginata Olivier, 1790 nec Cicada marginata Sulzer, 1761: 391 .

Type locality. Surinam.

Remarks. Boulard (2001) describes in detail the identity, history and synonymy of the species and came to the conclusion that Cicada marginata Olivier, 1790 was a valid species and was assigned to Ariasa . However, after reviewing Sulzer (1761) it is clear that Kirkaldy (1909) was correct in his interpretation of the validity of C. marginata Olivier because it does not matter that Latreille changed the criteria of the genus Cicada L. when Kirkaldy provided the nomen novum as Boulard (2001) suggested. Although Sulzer (1761) used a colloquial name in the text (p. 95 of the first section of the book) to describe his C. marginata , the name marginata is clearly identified as being associated with Cicada L. from Systema Naturae in the second section of the book containing the figure legends (p. 25) and both sections refer to the same figure (Fig. 66, Tab. X) so that the description and the name correspond to the same species. The name C. marginata Sulzer, 1761 meets the criteria of publication, the criteria of availability, the use of the Latin alphabet (in a font distinct from the remaining text and matching the font of the genus Cicada ), the name is used as a binomen, there is a description of the species, and the name was valid when proposed meaning the name is available under the Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999). Therefore, C. marginata Sulzer has priority over C. marginata Olivier and Kirkaldy was correct in assigning a nomen novum for Olivier’s species as the name Cicada marginata was preoccupied when proposed by Olivier. As a result, Cracenpsaltria brasiliorum ( Kirkaldy, 1909) rev. stat., n. comb. is the valid name for the taxon with the erection of the new genus here.

Distribution. Specimens have been reported from previously from Brazil, Surinam, South America ( Metcalf 1963; Sanborn 2013), and French Guiana ( Sanborn 2011a). The range of the species is extended to include Boliva and Peru with the new records reported here.

Material examined for new record. “ Rurrenabaque / Beni River // 450 mt. / Bolivia, 1956 // LEPena col.” (two males FSCA; one male AFSC); “ BOLIVIA: Santa Cruz / Potrerillos del Guenda Res. / Elev. 1322 ft. / 17 ° 40.262’S 63 ° 27.445’W / 6–12 January 2005 / J.V. McHugh lab. exped.” (one female UGCA) ; “ Prov. del Sara / Bol. Steinbach // Carn. Mus. / Acc. 5604” (one female CMNH); “ Prov. del Sara / Bolivia, 450 m. / J. Steinbach // Carn. Mus. / Acc. 6443” (four females CMNH, two females AFSC); “ Ituralde Prov., Dpto La Paz, San Miguel , 14 ° 30.602'S 67 ° 29.555'W, 30–IX–2007 ” (a specimen UCMS); “ PERU Madre de Dios / nr Puerto Maldonado / Posada Amazonas / lodge@ Rio Tambopata / S12 48.115 W69 18.019 / 609 ft; (30–IX)–(3–X)–2004 / C R Bartlett ” (two males UDCC); and “ PERU Madre de Dios / nr Puerto Maldonado / Posada Amazonas / lodge@ Rio Tambopata / S12 48.115 W69 18.019 / 609 ft; (7–10)– X–2004 / C R Bartlett ” (one male UDCC, one male AFSC).