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.
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Zootaxa
2024
2024-08-22
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33
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5497.1.2
journal article
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Herrera acclivis
(
Sanborn, 2017b
)
new combination
Carineta acclivis
Sanborn 2017b: 630
(Morne Bellevue, Le Marugot,
630 m
,
Martinique
).
Remarks.
The head is wider than the mesonotum and wider than the lateral pronotum and the pronotum has approximate parallel sides in this species so it is being reassigned to the genus
Herrera
to become
Herrera acclivis
(
Sanborn, 2017b
)
n. comb.
There have been numerous generic reassignments from
Carineta
to
Herrera
recently as species have been investigated further and the differences in the genera become more apparent (e.g.,
Sanborn 2019a
). The two genera are in need of revision in order to provide details to distinguish the genera more easily.
Diagnosis.
This is the largest of the three
Martinique
species of
Herrera
with body lengths greater than
21.5 mm
and fore wing length greater than
27 mm
. It can also be distinguished by the extensive piceous, castaneous, and tawny markings on the pronotum and mesothorax not found in
Herrera martiniquensis
n. comb.
or
Herrera castaneanigricula
n. sp.
The body length also quickly distinguishes this species from both
Herrera grammosticta
Sanborn, 2020a
(body length less than
18 mm
in males and
20 mm
in females) and
Herrera nigropercula
Sanborn 2020b
(body length less than
14 mm
). The markings are more reduced piceous and castaneous in
Herrera grammosticta
and there is piceous on the opercula and luteous patches on the anterior and posterior abdomen in
Herrera nigropercula
as well. The male genitalia are also unique in all species.
Distribution.
The species is known only from
Martinique
(
Sanborn 2017b
).
Material examined.
“
MARTINIQUE
/ Le Marigot /
Morne Bellevue
/
26/VII/2016
630 m
/
F. Deknuydt
coll.”
holotype
male (
FSCA
)
;
“
MARTINIQUE
/
Fonds St.
Denis /
Plateau Boucher
/
22–29/IV/2016
630 m
//
22– 29/04/2016
/ Pit Boucher / Pie`ge ae´rien /
E. Dumbardon-Martial
coll.”
paratype
female (
AFSC
)
;
“
MARTINIQUE
Le Marigot /
Morne Bellevue
alt
625 m
/
13/X/2014
/
F. Deknuydt
coll.”
paratype
female (
AFSC
)
;
“
MARTINIQUE
/
Plateau Boucher
/
Fonds St Denis
alt
650 m
/
26/VIII/2017
/
F. Deknuydt
leg.”
two males
and
two females
(
AFSC
)
;
“
MARTINIQUE
/
Plateau Boucher
/
Fonds St Denis
alt
650 m
/
02/X/2017
/
F. Deknuydt
leg.”
one female
(
AFSC
)
.