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
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10.12976/jib/2020.16.1.2
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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
).