Carineta gemella Boulard, 1986a

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 : 71-72

Carineta gemella Boulard, 1986a new record

Carineta gemella Boulard 1986a: 417 . (Cano Wiraki, 460 m, Venezuela)

REMARKS. This species is another of the group of Peruvian species that are of similar size and general morphology including C. dicrophryxothrix n. sp., C. dolosa , C. doxiptera , C. gemella , C. hamata , C. rumipataensis n. sp., C. socia , C. ventrilloni , and C. viridicata . This species can be distinguished from C. dolosa , C. doxiptera , C. rumipataensis n. sp., and C. ventrilloni by the straight rather than curved posterior margin of the operculum in these species. It can be distinguished from C. dicrophryxothrix n. sp., C. hamata , C. socia , and C. viridicata by the contrasting darker abdominal coloration characteristic of C. gemella .

DISTRIBUTION. The species has been reported previously from Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela ( Sanborn 2013; Sanborn & Heath 2014; Dias et al. 2017; Maccagnan et al. 2018) with recent additions of records for Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador ( Barreto & Porfiro 2015), and Paraguay ( Sanborn 2019b).

MATERIAL EXAMINED FOR NEW RECORD. “ 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 ” 32 males and four females ( FSCA), one male and one female ( AFSC); “ PERU: San Martin Dept. / Tarapoto, vic. Cordillera / Escalera Lodge , 432 m / 11–13-X-2012 J. E. Eger // S 06º 28’08.1” / W 076º 21’16.4” / MV & UV Light ” six males ( FSCA), one male ( AFSC); “ PERU: Dept. Cusco / Kosñipata Vy., San Pedro / 16–19-XI-2009, J. Heppner, / C. Carrera, E. Huamani ” one male ( AFSC); “ PERU: Madre de Dios / Rio Tambopata Res. / 30 km (air) SW Puerto / Maldonado, 290m 1–14- / XI-1982 R. Wilkerson ” one male ( FSCA); “ PERU, Loreto / Tingo Maria / 9 Feb. 1977 / J.R. Robertson ” one male ( LACM); “ PERU, Loreto / Tingo Maria / 10 Feb. 1977 / J.R. Robertson ” one male ( LACM); “ PERU, Loreto / Tingo Maria / 11 Feb. 1977 / J.R. Robertson ” one male ( LACM); “ Pan de Azucar / Dept. Pasco, PERU / July 13, 1961 / F.S. Truxal ” one male ( LACM); “ Pan de Azucar / Dept. Pasco, PERU / July 8, 1961 / F.S. Truxal ” one male ( LACM).