Sanborn 2011: 411 Generic redescription, seven new species and a key to the Taphura Stål, 1862 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadetttinae: Taphurini) Sanborn, Allen F. Zootaxa 2017 2017-09-28 4324 3 451 481  Sanborn 2011: 411  54SNX Sanborn, 2011 Sanborn 2011 [151,560,404,430] Insecta Cicadidae Taphura Animalia Hemiptera 26 477 Arthropoda species maculata     Taphura maculata  Sanborn 2011: 411(type material in UGCA, LSAM and AFSC).    Typelocality. French Guiana, Belizone, Montagues de Tortue,  427 m, 4°14’42”N, 52°35’06”W.   Remarks.The claspers bend at a right angle at about half their length, a condition unique in the genus. The spots on the head are found only in this species and  T. boulardi.   Distribution.The species is currently known only from the typeseries collected in  French Guiana( Sanborn 2011). 1656647308 de Tortue French Guiana 427 4.245 Montagues de Tortue 21 -52.585 26 477 1 holotype