Ahomana neotropicalis Distant, 1905h

Sanborn, Allen F., 2020, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Peru including the description of twenty-four new species, three new synonymies, and thirty-seven new records, Zootaxa 4785 (1), pp. 1-129 : 92

Ahomana neotropicalis Distant, 1905h

Ahomana neotropicalis Distant 1905h: 24 . (Callao, Peru)

REMARKS. Sanborn (2014b) designated a lectotype from the syntypes in the BMNH. Callao, Peru became the type locality for the species under Article 73.2.3 of the Code ( ICZN 1999 ). It is a primarily piceous species marked with ochraceous and covered with grey pile, talc-like wings, and slight infuscation on the radial and radiomedial crossveins of the fore wings.

DISTRIBUTION. The species has been reported previously from Argentina and Peru ( Metcalf 1963c; Sanborn 2013; 2014b). Based on the history of the specimens in the BMNH along with two locality labels on some of the specimens indicating both a specific locality in Peru and Paraguay in general, the presence of the species in Paraguay ( Metcalf 1963c; Sanborn 2011b) is considered erroneous ( Sanborn 2014b). The species has been reported from Callao ( Distant 1905h; Jacobi 1951; Sanborn 2014b) and Callanga ( Jacobi 1907) in Peru.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. “ Callao / Peru / 1901-324 // Callao / Peru // Ahomana / neotropicalis / Dist. / Type (hand written by Distant ) // Type (red bordered label) // SYNTYPE (blue bordered label)” one male ( BMNH, lectotype); “ 2 ♂ + ♀ Locusto / Callao, Peru / Sea level / 12 Jan. 1900 // Paraguay. / Purch. from / Rosenberg. / 1900-219. // ♂ // SYNTYPE (blue bordered label)” one male ( BMNH, paralectotype); “ 2 Cigarro / Callao, Peru / 12 Jan. 1900 / Sea level / Flying in the Morning // Paraguay. / Purch. from / Rosenberg. / 1900-219. // ♂ // SYNTYPE (blue bordered label)” one male ( BMNH, paralectotype); “ Callao, Peru / 16 Jan. 1900 // Paraguay. / Purch. from / Rosenberg. / 1900-219. // ♂ // SYNTYPE (blue bordered label)” one male ( BMNH, paralectotype); “ Locust / Callao, Peru / Jan. 1900 Dry / 10 ft alt. // Paraguay. / Purch. from / Rosenberg. / 1900-219. // ♂ // SYNTYPE (blue bordered label)” one male ( BMNH, paralectotype); “Paraguay. / Purch. from / Rosenberg. / 1900-219. // Ahomana / neotropicalis // B. M. // ♀ // SYNTYPE (blue bordered label)”one female ( BMNH, paralectotype); “Matucana PERU / 27 May 1920 // Cornell Univ. Ex- / pedition Lot 559 // Cornell U. / Lot. 732 / Sub. 79 // Ahomana / neotropicalis? / Dist.” ( CUIC, one male) .