The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Panama including the description of six new species, three new combinations, one new synonymy, and nine new records
Author
Sanborn, Allen F.
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-10-04
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Dorisiana metcalfi
Sanborn & Heath, 2014
Cicada viridis
Olivier 1790: 754
. (Surinam)
Dorisiana metcalfi
Sanborn & Heath 2014
nom. nov.
pro
Cicada viridis
Olivier, 1790
nec
Cicada viridis
Linnaeus, 1758: 60
.
Remarks.
Metcalf (1952)
previously synonymized the species with
Dorisiana semilata
(
Walker, 1850
)
. However, the taxon represented by
Cicada viridis
Olivier, 1790
is distinct from
D. semilata
in genitalia and other morphological characteristics &
Sanborn & Heath (2014)
provided
Dorisiana metcalfi
nom. nov.
as a replacement name for the taxon represented by
Cicada viridis
Olivier, 1790
. Specimens from
Surinam
are required to be able to determine if
D. metcalfi
and
D. semilata
are in fact synonyms.
The general features and coloration of this species may have meant it was mistaken for
G. bogotana
.
Dorisiana metcalfi
is about the same size and has a very similar morphology to
G. bogotana
. There are minor coloration differences between the species with the genitalia being the most reliable way to distinguish the species. Both species have the same ground color, the head of
G. bogotana
has a few small piceous marks missing in
D. metcalfi
. The use of the taxon “
viridis
” has a complex and varied application (see
Sanborn & Heath 2014
). It is highly probable that
Wolda (1977
;
1983b
) was actually collecting
G. bogotana
. As described above, the specimens Wolda identified as
D. viridis
are considered to be
G. bogotana
and represent the only reference to the species in Panama. As a result,
D. metcalfi
is removed from the
cicada
fauna of Panama.
Distribution.
The species has been reported from
Argentina
,
Bolivia
,
Brazil
,
Colombia
,
Ecuador
,
Paraguay
,
Peru
,
Surinam
, and
Venezuela
(
Metcalf 1963a
;
Dorval
et al.
2011
;
Sanborn 2011b
;
2013
;
Santos-Cividanes
et al.
2013
;
Sanborn & Heath 2014
).