The cicada (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) fauna of the Lesser Antilles sensu lato with the description of two new species, two new combinations, and a key to species
Author
Sanborn, Allen F.
text
Zootaxa
2024
2024-08-22
5497
1
33
69
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5497.1.2
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5497.1.2
1175-5326
13617972
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Genus
Quesada
Distant, 1905b
Quesada
Distant 1905b: 478
.
Type
species.
Cicada gigas
Olivier 1790: 750 (Java)
.
Remarks.
Marshall
et al.
(2018)
reassigned the genus to
Fidicinini
with the synonymy of the
Hyantiini
based on a multi-gene phylogeny.
Diagnosis.
Only
Quesada
in the Lesser Antilles
Fidicinini
has small timbal covers that recurve for only part of their length, have an anterior triangular extension, and do not cover the timbal. The large body size (body lengths greater than
30 mm
), fore wing basal cell being only slightly longer than broad, an abdomen about as long as the distance between the anterior head and posterior of the cruciform elevation, and the medially angled distal terminus of the pygofer distinguish specimens of
Quesada
.