Carineta postica Walker, 1858b

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 : 77

Carineta postica Walker, 1858b

Cicada postica Walker 1858b: 23 . ( Colombia)

REMARKS. Another of the large species of Carineta heavily marked with piceous and a spot of infuscation on the apex of the hind wing anal cell 2. It can be distinguished quickly from C. centralis and C. trivittata by the spot of infuscation on the mediocubital crossvein in the hind wing of these species. Carineta basalis can be distinguished by the piceous fascia on the dorsal pronotal midline, the hyaline fore wings and the large male opercula. Carineta pilifera can be distinguished by the infuscation on the fore wing radial and radiomedial crossveins. Carineta ventralis is slightly smaller (18.5 mm vs 21 mm body length), lacks two longitudinal fasciae on the postclypeus, the dorsal pronotal marks are connected and the pronotal collar lateral angles have piceous marks.

DISTRIBUTION. The species is known from Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panamá, and Peru ( Metcalf 1963c; Duffels & van der Laan 1985; Sanborn & Maes 2012; Maes et al. 2012; Sanborn 2013; 2014a; 2018b). Jacobi (1907; 1951) reported the species from Chanchamayo.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. “ PERU: San Martin Dept. / Moyabamba, vic. / Ecológico “ Rumipata ” / 13–18-X-2012 J. E. Eger // S 06º 04’32.0”, W / 076º 58’ 07.5” 970 / m, MV & UV Light ” five males and one female ( FSCA) , two males and one female ( AFSC).