Eight new species and three new records of Neotropical cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from Venezuela Author SANBORN, ALLEN F 0000-0001-5729-7106 Department of Biology, Barry University, 11300 NE Second Avenue, Miami Shores, FL 33161 – 6695, USA asanborn@barry.edu text Journal of Insect Biodiversity 2020 2020-04-08 16 1 6 37 http://dx.doi.org/10.12976/jib/2020.16.1.2 journal article 269230 10.12976/jib/2020.16.1.2 415d3a39-d905-4fac-8430-19c0b5d9a878 8376421 Genus Taphura Stål, 1862 Cicada ( Taphura ) Stål 1862: 20 . Type species. Cicada misella Stål 1854: 243 (Brazil, Minas Gerais). Remarks. A number of new species were added to the genus and range extensions for multiple species distributions were included in a recent generic revision ( Sanborn 2017a ). Species of Taphura are characterized by their relatively small size (body length 6–18 mm) and the elaborate male genitalia displayed by most species. The genitalic differences permit species to be diagnosed easily. Distribution. The genus ranges over much of South America including references to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, and Venezuela ( Metcalf 1963b ; Duffels & van der Laan 1985 ; Dorval et al. 2011 ; Sanborn 2011a ; 2013 ; 2016a ; 2017a ; 2018 ; 2019a ; 2020 ; Sanborn & Heath 2014 ).