Generic redescription, seven new species and a key to the Taphura Stål, 1862 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadetttinae: Taphurini)
Author
Sanborn, Allen F.
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-09-28
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4324.3.3
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Taphura nitida
(
Degeer, 1773
)
Cicada nitida
Degeer 1773: 220
(type material in NHRS).
Cicada (Taphura) nitida
Stål 1862a: 20
.
Taphura nitida
Distant 1906a: 138
.
Type
locality.
Surinam
.
Remarks.
The claspers form a drooping hook-like extension extending out of the pygofer being bent at an approximate right angle. The basal pygofer lobes are rounded with recurved spinous extensions.
Distribution.
The species is currently known from
Surinam
,
Brazil
,
Bolivia
, and
Peru
(
Metcalf 1963
;
Sanborn 2013
). The distribution of the species is expanded here to included
French Guiana
.
Material
examined for new records.
“
FRENCH GUIANA
/
Trou-Poissons
,
Commune Sinnamary
/
04-I- 2015
/
Automatic Light Trap, Blue light
, /
Soc. Ent. Antilles-Guyane
leg.”
two males
and
one female
(
AFSC
).