Fidicina mannifera ( Fabricius, 1803b )

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 : 13-14

Fidicina mannifera ( Fabricius, 1803b)

Tettigonia mannifera Fabricius 1803b: 36 (South America).

Cicada cantatrix Germar 1830: 41 ( Brazil).

Fidicina rana Walker 1850: 88 (Unknown collecting locality).

Fidicina excavata Walker 1850: 92 (South America).

Fidicina divisa Walker 1858b: 16 ( Demerara, Guyana).

Fidicina africana Metcalf 1955 nomen novum pro Cideaa (sic) plebeja Linné, 1767 nec Cicada plebeja Scopoli, 1763: 267 .

Distribution. The species has been recorded from the Antilles, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Suriname ( Metcalf 1963a; Duffels & van der Laan 1985; Sanborn 2013, 2019 a, 2020a, c, d; Nunes et al. 2023). It should be noted that some of these references may correspond to one or more of the species described by Boulard & Martinelli (1996) that have a similar appearance to F. mannifera .

Material examined. “ FRENCH GUIANA: Roura / Commune, Montagne des / Chevaux , N 4º44’31.54”, / O52º25’53.02”, 25-V-2019, / Canopy Light Trap, SEAG leg.” one male ( 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-XI-2014 / Automatic Luminating Trap with Gemlight / Soc. Ent. Antilles-Guyane leg.” one female ( 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 / Réserve de la Trinité , zone Aya / N 4° 35’ 20”, O 53° 18’ 1”, Commune de / Saint Elie, 11-XI-2013 / Automatic Luminating trap / Soc. Ent. Antilles-Guyane leg.” one female ( AFSC); “ FRENCH GUIANA, Savane roche de la / Haute Camopi , Commune Saint-Elie / N 4 o 18’58.45” W 53 o 17’16.00” / 31-X-2013, Automatic Light Trap / Soc. Ent. Antilles-Guyane leg.” one male ( AFSC); “ FRENCH GUIANA, Mont Itoupé / altitude 600m, commune de / Maripasoula, 23-XI-2014 / Automatic Light Trap / Soc. Ent. Antilles-Guyane leg.” one female ( AFSC) ; “ FRENCH GUIANA, Mont Itoupé / altitude 600m, commune de / Maripasoula, 29-XI-2014 / Automatic Light Trap / Soc. Ent. Antilles-Guyane leg.” one female ( AFSC); “ FRENCH GUIANA, Mont Itoupé / altitude 600m, commune de / Maripasoula, 30-XI-2014 / Automatic Light Trap / Soc. Ent. Antilles-Guyane leg.” one female ( AFSC); “ FRENCH GUIANA, Commune Régina / Mont Chauve , 359m / UV Light 12-VIII-2018 / Soc. Ent. Antilles-Guyane coll.” one male ( AFSC); “ FRENCH GUIANA, Commune Régina / Mont Chauve , 359m / UV Light 14-VIII-2018 / Soc. Ent. Antilles-Guyane coll.” one male ( AFSC); “ FRENCH GUIANA / Montagne des Chevaux / Automatic Light Trap / Gemlight 24-VI-2013 / Soc. Ent. Antilles-Guyane coll.” one female ( AFSC); “ FRENCH GUIANA / Montagne des Chevaux / Automatic Light Trap / Pink light 08-IX-2018 / Soc. Ent. Antilles-Guyane coll.” one male ( AFSC); “ FRENCH GUIANA / Montagne des Chevaux / Automatic Light Trap / Blue light 08-IX-2013 / Soc. Ent. Antilles-Guyane coll.” one male ( AFSC).

Specimen listed in Sanborn (2011a) has since been determined to be Fidicina christinae and is included above.