The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Trinidad and Tobago including the description of three new species and seven new records, with new records for several additional Caribbean Islands
Author
Sanborn, Allen F.
Department of Biology, Barry University, 11300 NE Second Avenue, Miami Shores, FL 33161 - 6695, USA.
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-08-28
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535
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4838.4.7
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Genus
Calyria
Stål, 1862
new record
Cicada (Calyria)
Stål 1862: 22
.
Type
species.
Cicada (Calyria) blanda
Stål 1862: 22
. (Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
)
Remarks.
Species of
Calyria
possess five hind wing apical cells, ocelli well separated from base of head, and an indistinct fore wing postcostal area (
Distant 1906
). Additionally, the flattened ventrolateral postclypeus without an obvious apical extension and parallel lateral surfaces of the pronotum for most of its length are also diagnostic (
Sanborn 2020a
, e).
Distribution.
Species of the genus were reported previously from
Argentina
,
Bolivia
,
Brazil
,
Colombia
,
Costa Rica
,
Honduras
,
Nicaragua
,
Peru
, and
Venezuela
(
Metcalf 1963b
;
Maes
et al.
2012
; Sanborn 2013; 2014; 2018b; 2019a; 2020a, b, c, d;
Sanborn & Maes 2012
;
Sanborn & Heath 2014
). The range was recently expanded to include
Ecuador
(
Sanborn 2020e
).