Afromelampsalta, a new genus, a new species, and five new combinations of African cicadettine cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae)
Author
Sanborn, Allen F.
Author
Villet, Martin H.
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-02-10
4731
4
531
542
journal article
24094
10.11646/zootaxa.4731.4.6
9412b298-1ceb-4e63-9ff3-ae43235a009f
1175-5326
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Key to the
Cicadettini
of Southern Africa
1 Hind wings with six apical cells......................................................................... 2
- Hind wings with fewer than six apical cells................................................................ 7
2 Fore wings with visible vein along nodal line....................................
Pinheya violacea
(
Linnaeus, 1758
)
- Fore wings without visible vein along nodal line............................................................ 3
3 Infuscation on fore wing veins.............................................
A. leucoptera
(
Germar, 1830
)
n. comb.
- Fore wing veins lacking infuscation....................................................................... 4
4 Fore wing apical cells 1 and 2 about the same length.............................
A. limitata
(
Walker, 1852
)
n. comb.
- Fore wing apical cell 1 longer than apical cell 2............................................................. 5
5 Abdominal sternites with broad longitudinal piceous fascia on midline.............
A. aethiopica
(
Distant, 1905
)
n. comb.
- Abdominal sternites without longitudinal piceous fascia on midline............................................. 6
6 Pronotum with two tawny spots anteriorly and dark red spot dorsolaterally, cruciform elevation without longitudinal piceous mark, legs ferruginous......................................................
A. cadisia
(
Walker, 1850
)
n. comb.
- Pronotum without tawny spots anteriorly or dark red spot dorsolaterally, cruciform elevation with longitudinal piceous mark, legs ochraceous or tawny.......................................................
A. luteofasciata
n. gen., n. sp.
,
7 Hind wings with four or five apical cells, sometimes in the same individual, abdominal tergites piceous dorsally with lateral areas reddish-orange....................................................................
A. mimica
n. comb.
- Hind wings with five apical cells, abdominal tergites piceous dorsally and laterally................................. 8
8 Fore wings with seven apical cells...............................................
Buyisa umtatae
Distant, 1907b
- Fore wings with eight apical cells........................................
Stellenboschia rotundata
(
Distant, 1892
)