Fidicinoides descampsi Boulard & Martinelli, 1996

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 : 13

Fidicinoides descampsi Boulard & Martinelli, 1996 new record

Fidicinoides descampsi Boulard & Martinelli 1996: 69 . (San José del Guaviare, Vaupés Department, Colombia)

REMARKS. Another of the Peruvian Fidicinoides species with infuscation along the ambient veins of the fore wings and hind wings. The infuscation is found on all crossveins and veins between apical cells in the fore wings in F. descampsi as it is in F. duckensis Boulard & Martinelli, 1996 , F. poulaini Boulard & Martinelli, 1996 and F. pseudethelae Boulard & Martinelli, 1996 . It can be distinguished from F. brunnea by the more robust body, and the infuscation is continuous through the fore wing crossveins and proximal marginal veins. It can be distinguished from F. duckensis by the male timbal cover not reaching the metascutellar plate, the pointed medial opercular margin, the larger apical spine in the fore femur, and the uncal crest and lateral uncus lobes being about the same length and thickness. It can be distinguished from F. poulaini by the rounded posterolateral margin and pointed medial opercular margin, and the longer uncal crest that does not start to broaden at the base. It can be distinguished from F. pseudethelae by the lack of a piceous marking in the pronotal ambient fissure, the male timbal cover bending mediad at the apex, the rounded posterolateral margin and pointed medial opercular margin, the larger apical spine in the fore femur, and the uncal crest and lateral uncus lobes being about the same length.

DISTRIBUTION. The species has been reported previously from Colombia ( Sanborn 2013) with recent records expanding the distribution to include Bolivia ( Sanborn 2019b).

MATERIAL EXAMINED FOR NEW RECORD. “ 24 August 1991 / Tingo Maria 670m. / Huanuco PERU ” one female ( UMRM); “ PERU: HUANACO / Tournavista / ex J. Grigore // Allyn Museum / Acc. 1984-41 // A.C. Allyn / Acc. 1968-1” two males ( FSCA); “ PERU: Loreto Prov. / Iquitos, Explorama / Lodge 1–17.XII.1982 / Hugh & Barb Brown // MGCL Accession / #2016-08 / C. Brown Colln. ” one male ( FSCA); “PERU-south / San Pedro, 1100m / Dep. Cusco. Apr.04” one male and one female ( AFSC, from D. Emery); “ PERU: Pucallpa, / Loreto / 13 August 1962 / W. T. Van Velzen” two males ( MSUC), one male ( AFSC); “ PERU: Pucallpa, / Loreto / 5 August 1962 / W. T. Van Velzen” one male ( MSUC), one male ( AFSC); “ PERU: Pucallpa, / Loreto / 23 July 1962 / W. T. Van Velzen” one male ( MSUC), one male ( AFSC); “ PERU: Pucallpa, / Loreto / 24 July 1962 / W. T. Van Velzen” two males ( MSUC), one male ( AFSC); “ PERU: Pucallpa, / Loreto / 27 July 1962 / W. T. Van Velzen” two males ( MSUC), one male ( AFSC); “ PERU: Pucallpa, / Loreto / 29 July 1962 / W. T. Van Velzen” two males ( MSUC); “ PERU: Pucallpa, / Loreto / 1 August 1962 / W. T. Van Velzen” one male ( MSUC); “ PERU: Pucallpa, / Loreto / 3 August 1962 / W. T. Van Velzen” one male ( MSUC); “ PERU: San Martin / Waganki 1000 m / 4.7 km S Moyobamba / S6 o 04.51’ W76 o 58.55’ / 25 May 2007 / RD Cave” one male ( FSCA); “Quistococha, Peru / February 10, 1984 / Ryan Richards” one male ( UMSP) one male ( AFSC); “ PERU Madre de Dios / nr Puerto Maldonado / Posadas Amazonas / lodge@ Rio Tambopata / S12 48.115 W69 18.019 / 609ft;(7–10)- X-2004 / C R Bartlett ” one male ( AFSC); “ PERU Madre de Dios / nr Puerto Moldonado / Posadas Amazonas / lodge@ Rio Tambopata / S12 48.115 W69 18.019 / 609 ft;(30- IX)–(3-X)-2004, C. R. Bartlett” one male ( UDCC).