Taphura crispula Sanborn, 2017a

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 : 43

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4880.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4573809
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scientific name	Taphura crispula Sanborn, 2017a
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Taphura crispula Sanborn, 2017a View in CoL

Taphura crispula Sanborn 2017a: 462 View in CoL View Cited Treatment . (Estación Cientifica Yasuni, 00º 40’28”S, 76º 38’50”W, Napo Province, Ecuador)

REMARKS.—The male genitalia, particularly the shape of the claspers, quickly separate male specimens Taphura from one another as each species have highly unique genitalia. The transverse piceous mark on the anterior side of the abdominal tergites in T. crispula is absent in T. hastifera and T. sauliensis ( Sanborn 2017a) .

DISTRIBUTION.—The species has been reported only from Napo province, Ecuador ( Sanborn 2017a).

MATERIAL EXAMINED.— Holotype. “ ECUADOR: Napo Province / Estación Cientifica Yasuni / 00º 40’28”S, 76º 38’50”W / IX–5–10–1999, UV light / Coll. E.G. Riley, 215 m. ” one male ( TAMU). GoogleMaps