Carineta cearana Distant, 1906b

Sanborn, Allen F., 2016, Five new species, a new genus and a new record of cicadas from French Guiana with four new combinations and three new synonymies (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadoidea, Cicadidae), Zoosystema 38 (2), pp. 177-199 : 194

Carineta cearana Distant, 1906b

(new record)

( Fig. 9 )

Carineta cearana Distant, 1906b: 153 .

Carineta illustris Sanborn, 2011: 395 (nec Distant).

TYPE LOCALITY. — Ceará, Brazil.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — “ FRENCH GUIANA: / Amazone Nature Lodge / 30 km SE Roura on / Kaw Rd. 5-19-II-2010, J. E. Eger, coll., 300 m // N04°33.570’ / W052°12.433’ / 300m UV Light Trap ” 2 ♂ ( FSCA); “ FRENCH GUIANA: 41 / km SE Roura on Kaw Rd / 18-XII-2006 / J. E. Eger coll.” ♂ ( FSCA); “ FRENCH GUIANA: 41 / km SE Roura on Kaw Rd / 5-7-VI- 2005, J. E. Eger / & M. T. Messenger, coll. // N04°32.214’ / W052°07.420’ / 272m MV Light ” 7 ♂ (coll. AFSC); “ FRENCH GUIANA: 1 km S /Amazon Nature Lodge, 30 / km SE Roura on Kaw Rd., / 3-4-VI-2005, J. E. Eger / & M. T. Messenger, coll. // N04°32.961’ / W052°12.830’ / 288m MV Light ” 6 ♂, 2 ♀ (coll. AFSC); “ FRENCH GUIANA: 33 / km SE Roura on Kaw / Rd., 12-13-IV-2007, D / G Hall & J. E. Eger, coll. // N04°34.135’ / W052°11.150’ / 227m MV Light ” 2♂ (coll. AFSC); “ FRENCH GUIANA: Ama- / zona Nature Lodge , 30 / km SE Roura on Kaw Rd / 18-23-IV-2007, J E Eger // N04°33.570’ / W052°12.433’ / 300m UV Light ” ♂, ♀ (coll. AFSC); “ FRENCH GUIANA: Ama- / zon Nature Lodge , 30 / km SE Roura on Kaw / Rd., 10-18-VI-2007, D / G Hall & J E Eger, coll. // N04° 33.570’ / W052° 12.433’ / 300m UV Trap ” 8 ♂, ♀ (coll. AFSC); “ FRENCH GUIANA: 33 / km SE Roura on Kaw / Rd., 1-2- VI-2005, J E Eger / & M. T. Messenger, coll. // N04°34.135’ / W052°11.150’ / 227m MV Light ” 2 ♂ (coll. AFSC); “ FRENCH GUIANA: 33 / km SE Roura on Kaw / Rd. , 16-17-IV-2007, D / G Hall & J. E. Eger, coll. // N04°34.135’ / W052°11.150’ / 227m MV Light ” ♂, ♀ (coll. AFSC); “ Fr. Guyana ” 2 ♂ (coll. AFSC); “ FR. GUIANA: Hwy D6 / to Kaw , 33.5 km SE / of Roura, I-1986 / G. Tavakilian // Light / trap” ♂ (coll. MTC).

DISTRIBUTION. — The species has been reported previously only from Brazil ( Distant 1906b).

REMARKS

The specimens I reported ( Sanborn 2011) as examples of C. illustris Distant, 1905 from French Guiana are in actuality C. cearana . The very similar body coloration of the two species, the variable infuscation patterns of the wings found in the species combined with the abbreviated original descriptions led to the misidentification. After comparing the French Guiana specimens to images of the types of both C. cearana and C. illustris in the BMNH and comparing the genitalia of the French Guiana specimens to specimens of C. illustris from Peru ( Fig. 9 ), it is clear that the French Guiana specimens are C. cearana . As a result, C. cearana is now added to the French Guiana cicada fauna and C. illustris is removed since Sanborn (2011) is the only record of that species in French Guiana. Carineta illustris also appears to have a more western distribution than C. cearana ( Metcalf 1963c) . The species and genitalia are illustrated here to facilitate identification by future researchers.

Figures

FIG. 9. — Carineta cearana Distant, 1906 and C. illustris Distant, 1905: A, C. cearana ♂ habitus, French Guiana (AFSC) (left) and C. illustris ♂ habitus, Peru (AFSC) (right); B, C. cearana ♂ lateral view of genitalia; C, C. cearana ♂ posterior view of genitalia; D, C. illustris ♂ lateral view of genitalia; E, C. illustris ♂ posterior view of genitalia. Scale bars: A, 2 cm; B-E, 1 mm.