Taphura nitida ( Degeer, 1773 )

Sanborn, Allen F., 2017, Generic redescription, seven new species and a key to the Taphura Stål, 1862 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadetttinae: Taphurini), Zootaxa 4324 (3), pp. 451-481 : 478

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.3.3

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6041542

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scientific name

Taphura nitida ( Degeer, 1773 )
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Taphura nitida ( Degeer, 1773) View in CoL

Cicada nitida Degeer 1773: 220 View in CoL (type material in NHRS).

Cicada (Taphura) nitida Stål 1862a: 20 View in CoL .

Taphura nitida Distant 1906a: 138 View in CoL .

Type locality. Surinam.

Remarks. The claspers form a drooping hook-like extension extending out of the pygofer being bent at an approximate right angle. The basal pygofer lobes are rounded with recurved spinous extensions.

Distribution. The species is currently known from Surinam, Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru ( Metcalf 1963; Sanborn 2013). The distribution of the species is expanded here to included French Guiana.

Material examined for new records. “ FRENCH GUIANA / Trou-Poissons, Commune Sinnamary / 04-I- 2015 / Automatic Light Trap, Blue light, / Soc. Ent. Antilles-Guyane leg.” two males and one female ( AFSC).

AFSC

AFSC

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadidae

Genus

Taphura

Loc

Taphura nitida ( Degeer, 1773 )

Sanborn, Allen F. 2017
2017
Loc

Taphura nitida

Distant 1906: 138
1906
Loc

Cicada (Taphura) nitida Stål 1862a: 20

Stal 1862: 20
1862
Loc

Cicada nitida

Degeer 1773: 220
1773
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