Carineta naponore Boulard, 1986a

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 : 56

Carineta naponore Boulard, 1986a

Carineta naponore Boulard 1986a: 416 . (Napo Valley, Ecuador)

REMARKS.—This species is similar to C. acommosis and C. apicalis of the Ecuadorian fauna. It is a small to medium sized (body lengths 18 mm), non-descript, green species. This species can be distinguished from C. acommosis by the lack of a finger-like medial extension of the male operculum and the narrower posterior prothorax producing a less triangular anterior, the frons that forms at an approximate right angle to the vertex and the parallel basal abdomen, and the basal lobe appendages that are thin, cross the midline and terminate in a bifurcated tip in C. acommosis . The primary femoral spine is barely separated from the femoral axis, the posteromedially angled extension of the male operculum expands both anteriorly and posteriorly at the medial terminus, and the distal basal lobe appendage is about half the width of the base in C. naponore while the primary femoral spine is raised to about 45º from the femoral axis, the medial opercular terminus only expands posteriorly, and the distal basal lobe appendage is about as wide as the base in C. apicalis .

DISTRIBUTION.—The species has been reported only from Napo province, Ecuador (Sanborn 2013). The range is expanded below to include Orellana province.

MATERIAL EXAMINED.— “1231EcuadorOrellana / Erwin Transect / Onkone Gare Camp / Reserva Etnica Waorani / 00 39’ 25.7”S 076 27’10.8”W / 7.x.95 T. L. Erwin et al / Fogging terre firme forest” one male ( UDCC); “1444EcuadorOrellana / Erwin Transect / Onkone Gare Camp / Reserva Etnica Waorani // 00 39’ 25.7”S 076 27’10.8”W / 7.ii.96 T. L. Erwin et al / Fogging terre firme forest // UDCC _ TCN 00049189 ” one male ( UDCC); “ ECUADOR: Napo Prov. / Puerto Napo. 465m / IV–18–1984. blk light / R. S. Zack collector” one male ( WSUC); “Ecuador, Orellana, Estacion / Cientifica Yasuni; to UV / & merc. vap. lights; 15–16Oct.2003 / D. Robacker, W. Warfield & M.H. Evans ” one male ( AFSC); “ ECUADOR: Napo: Yasuni / Res. Stat. 0 o 40.5’S 76 o 24W / 8 July 1999 BL in Tower / Carlton/Mosely/ Tishechkin” one male ( AFSC) .