Quesada gigas (Olivier, 1790)

Sanborn, Allen F. & Maes, Jean-Michel, 2012, Checklist of the cicadas (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Nicaragua including new records for seventeen species, Check List 8 (3), pp. 437-442 : 439

Quesada gigas (Olivier, 1790)

(Subfamily Cicadinae , Tribe Hyantiini )

Geographical distribution. The species has previously been reported from the Antilles, Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidadand Tobago, Uruguay, United States, Venezuela and the West Indies ( Metcalf 1963a; Duffels and van der Laan 1985; Wolda and Ramos 1992; Sanborn 2001a; 2006b; 2007a, b; 2010a; 2011a, b; Sueur, 2002).

Specimens examined. NICARAGUA, Zelaya, 8 km E Bonanza, CICABO , 14°01’28” N, 84°14’50” W, 1 – IV – 2000, col. Jean-Michel Maes and B. Hernández, MEL/MAES 446201-446232, 446234-446259 (58 males MEL-LEON); ibidem, MEL/MAES 446233 (1 male AFSC); ibidem, 16 – V – 2000, col. Juan Pablo Orozco, MEL/MAES 445935-445937 (3 females, MEL-LEON); Granada, Volcan Mombacho, Santa Ana #2, 31 – III – 1998, col. Jean-Michel Maes, MEL/ MAES 446264 (1 male, MEL-LEON); ibidem, 1 – VIII – 2002, MEL/MAES 446265 (1 male, MEL-LEON); Region Autonoma Atlantico Norte, Siuna, El Hormiguero , 128 m, 13°45’21” N, 84°57’00” W, 25 – II – 2004, col. Jean-Michel Maes, MEL/MAES 460269 (1 male, MEL-LEON); Leon, Leon , 12°26’09” N, 86°52’56” W, 1 – VIII – 1992, col. Jean-Michel Maes, MEL/MAES 446261 (1 male, MEL-LEON); Boaco, Camoapa: Santa Elena , 12°24’47” N, 85°27’43” W, 18 – IV – 2003, col. Jean-Michel Maes, MEL/MAES 446262 (1 male, MEL-LEON); Masaya, Catarina , 11°54’43” N, 86°04’29” W, 1 – II – 1988, col. Jean-Michel Maes, MEL/ MAES 446263 (1 male, MEL-LEON); Region Autonoma Atlantico Sur, Nueva Guinea: Monte Verde : Finca Dona Rosa , 11°19’30” N, 84°10’32” W, 23 – IV – 2003, col. J.P. Desmedt, MEL/MAES 446266 (1 male, MEL-LEON).