The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Ecuador including the description of five new species, a new subtribe, four new synonymies, and fifteen new records
Author
Sanborn, Allen F.
0000-0001-5729-7106
Department of Biology, Barry University, 11300 NE Second Avenue, Miami Shores, FL 33161 – 6695, USA
asanborn@barry.edu
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-11-17
4880
1
1
80
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4880.1.1
50f2ef69-fec5-45e5-8005-623e2cb991dc
1175-5326
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Genus
Toulgoetalna
Boulard, 1982
new record
Toulgoetalna
Boulard 1982: 179
.
TYPE
SPECIES.—
Toulgoetalna tavakiliani
Boulard 1982: 181
. (
Montagne Tortue
,
French Guiana
)
REMARKS.—Males of the genus are easy to distinguish by the significant constriction of the anterior abdominal segments with segment 5 being the widest. The males also have large opercula that can be seen from the dorsal side due to the constriction of the base of the abdomen.
DISTRIBUTION.—The genus has been recorded previously from
French Guiana
(Sanborn 2011a; 2013). This is the first record of the genus for
Ecuador
.