Taphura nitida (Degeer, 1773)

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 : 52

Taphura nitida (Degeer, 1773)

Cicada nitida Degeer 1773: 220 ( Suriname) .

REMARKS. Unique features of the male genitalia include claspers that form a drooping hook-like extension from the pygofer that is bent at an approximate right angle and the basal pygofer lobes are rounded with recurved spinous extensions. Taphura boulardi can be distinguished quickly by the five spots on the head. This species can be distinguished from T. hastifera and T. sauliensis by the lack of a piceous transverse band on the anterior abdominal tergites of these species. Taphura nitida lacks the spots on the anterior lateral angle of the pronotal collar and clawlike claspers found in T. attiguclava ( Sanborn 2017a) .

DISTRIBUTION. The species is currently known from Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Peru, and Suriname ( Metcalf 1963; Sanborn 2013; 2017a; 2019b). Jacobi (1907; 1951) reported the species from Callanga, Pachitea, and Vilcanota in Peru. Pogue (1996) reported the species from Pakitza and Tambopata.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. “ PERU Madre de Dios / nr Puerto Maldonado / Posadas Amazonas / lodge@Rio Tambopata / S12 48.115 W69 18.019 / 609ft; 3-X-2004 / C R Bartlett ” one male ( UDCC) “ 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 ( UDCC).