Selymbria Stål, 1861

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 : 118

Genus Selymbria Stål, 1861

Selymbria Stål 1861: 615 .

Type species. Cicada signifera Germar 1830: 44 . ( Brazil)

REMARKS. The genus was recently re-described with the addition of multiple new species including two from Peru ( Sanborn 2019a). The tribal characteristics also distinguish the only currently assigned genus, Selymbria , from other Peruvian genera. In particular, the triangular head when viewed from the dorsal side, prominent eyes, recurved ridge on posterior timbal cavity, and the long uncus are obvious structures to identify members of the genus.

DISTRIBUTION. Species of the genus have been reported from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Panama, and Peru ( Metcalf 1963c; Sanborn 2011a; 2013; 2018b; 2019a; Sanborn & Heath 2014).