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
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1175-5326
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Genus
Selymbria
Stål, 1861
Selymbria
Stål 1861: 615
.
TYPE
SPECIES.—
Cicada signifera
Germar 1830: 44
. (
Brazil
)
REMARKS.—A generic revision was recently performed that included a number of new species including one inhab- iting
Ecuador
(
Sanborn 2019a
). The characteristics given for the tribe also distinguish the only currently assigned genus,
Selymbria
, within the
Selymbriini
. Particularly, the triangular head with prominent eyes when viewed from the dorsal side, the recurved ridge on the posterior timbal cavity, and the long uncus are obvious structures that can be used to identify members of the genus.
DISTRIBUTION.—Species of the genus have been reported from
Argentina
,
Bolivia
,
Brazil
,
Costa Rica
,
Ecuador
,
French Guiana
,
Guatemala
,
Panama
, and
Peru
(
Metcalf 1963c
; Sanborn 2011a; 2013; 2018c; 2019a; 2020b;
Sanborn & Heath 2014
).