Generic redescription, two new species, and a key to the species of the cicada genus Ariasa Distant, 1905 with the description of a new genus (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Fidicinini)
Author
Sanborn, Allen F.
text
Zootaxa
2016
2016-07-13
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4
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journal article
38579
10.11646/zootaxa.4137.4.3
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Ariasa diupsilon
(
Walker, 1850
)
Cicada diupsilon
Walker 1850: 138
(
type
material in BMNH).
Tympanoterpes diupsilon
Stål 1862: 485
.
Ariasa diupsilon
Distant 1906: 90
.
Type
locality.
British Guiana
.
Remarks.
One of the two small species in the genus along with
A. urens
. These species may form a
complex
within the genus as they share general morphological characteristics as well.
Distribution.
Specimens have been reported previously from
British Guiana
and
Guiana
(
Metcalf 1963
).