Generic redescription, seven new species and a key to the Taphura Stål, 1862 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadetttinae: Taphurini) Author Sanborn, Allen F. text Zootaxa 2017 2017-09-28 4324 3 451 481 journal article 31936 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.3.3 1e1b6de8-1c4a-4235-9f91-3cd30e1b9777 1175-5326 998410 90E90088-04C4-4Fa7-882D-8D6B017C6121 Taphura sauliensis Boulard, 1971 Taphura sauliensis Boulard 1971: 688 (type material in MNHN). Type locality. French Guiana , Saül. Remarks. The claspers are bifurcated at their terminus and bent towards the midline. The basal pygofer lobes are rounded finger-like extensions. Distribution. The species is currently known from French Guiana , Colombia , and Peru ( Duffels & van der Laan 1985 ; Sanborn 2013 ). The distribution of the species is expanded here to included Ecuador and Trinidad & Tobago . Material examined for new records. “ECUADOR: Provincia / de Francisco de Orellana / Yasani National Park // S00° 40.478’ , W076° 23.866’ / 25-IV-2005 CR Bartlett / N. Nazdrowicz , D. Chang ” one male and two females ( UDCC ); “ ECUADOR : Provincia / de Francisco de Orellana / Yasani National Park // S00° 40.478’ , W076° 23.866’ / 26-IV-2005 CR Bartlett / N. Nazdrowicz , D. Chang ” one female ( UDCC ); “ ECUADOR : Provincia / de Francisco de Orellana / Yasani National Park // S00° 40.478’ , W076° 23.866’ / 28-IV-2005 CR Bartlett / N. Nazdrowicz , D. Chang ” one male ( UDCC ), one male ( AFSC ); “ ECUADOR : Provincia / de Francisco de Orellana / Yasani National Park // S00° 40.478’ , W076° 23.866’ / 29-IV-2005 CR Bartlett / N. Nazdrowicz , D. Chang ” one male ( UDCC ), one male ( AFSC ); “ ECUADOR : Provincia / de Francisco de Orellana / Yasani National Park // S00° 40.478’ , W076° 23.866’ / 27-IV-2005 CR Bartlett / N. Nazdrowicz , D. Chang ” one female ( UDCC ), one female ( AFSC ); “ ECUADOR : Provincia / de Francisco de Orellana / Yasani National Park // S00° 40.478’ , W076° 23.866’ // 29-IV-2005 ; CR Bartlett / N. Nazdrowicz , D. Chang // ex. Hg Vapor light / night” one female ( AFSC ); “1205 Ecuador Orellana / Erwin transect / Onkone Gare Camp / Reserva Etnica Waorani / 0 0 39’ 25.7”S 0 76 27’ 10.8”W / 5.x.95 T.L. Erwin et al. / Fogging terre firme forest” one female ( UDCC ); “1222 EcuadorOrellana / Transect Ent. 1 km S. Onkone Gare Camp / Reserva Ethnica Waorani , 216.3 m / 0 0 39’ 25.7”S 0 76 27’10.8”W / 6.x.95 T. L. Erwin et al. / Fogging terre firme forest” one female ( UDCC ); “1445 Ecuador Orellana / Erwin transect / Onkone Gare Camp / Reserva Etnica Waorani / 0 0 39’ 25.7”S 0 76 27’ 10.8”W / 7.ii.96 T. L. Erwin et al. / Fogging terre firme forest” one male ( UDCC ); “ TRINIDAD : 3.3 mi / SSW of Talparo / VI-7-1991 // B.K. Dozier / Collector ” one male ( AFSC ); “ TRINIDAD : Simla Field / Sta. , Arima Valley / 20-VI-13-VII-1977 // P . Feinsinger / Insect Flight Trap ” one male ( AFSC ); “ TRINIDAD : Arima Valley / Simla , W. Beebe Tropical / Res. Sta. , 27-VI-3- VII-1978 / H.V. Weems , Jr. ” one female ( FSCA ), one male ( AFSC ); “ TRINIDAD : Arima Valley / Simla, W . Bebe (sic) Tropical / Res. Sta. , blacklight, / 27-June-3-July-1978 / C. & H.V. Weems , Jr. ” one male ( FSCA ), one female ( AFSC ); “ Asa Wright Nature Ctr. / 7.5 mi . N. of Arima on / Blanchisseuse Road / Trinidad , W.I. / June 26, 1985 / P. J. Clausen ” one male ( AFSC ); “ Asa Wright Nature Ctr. / 7.5 mi . N. of Arima on / Blanchisseuse Road / Trinidad , W.I. / June 27, 1985 / P. J. Clausen ” one male ( AFSC ); “ Asa Wright Nature Ctr. / 7.5 mi . N. of Arima on / Blanchisseuse Road / Trinidad , W.I. / June 25, 1985 / P. J. Clausen ” two males and one female ( AFSC ); “ Asa Wright Nature Ctr. / 7.5 mi . N. of Arima on / Blanchisseuse Road / Trinidad , W.I. / June 22–24, 1984 / P. J. Clausen ” one male and three females ( AFSC ); “ Asa Wright Nature Ctr. / 7.5 mi . N. of Arima on / Blanchisseuse Road / Trinidad , W.I. / June 23, 1985 / P. J. Clausen ” three males ( AFSC ); “ Asa Wright Nature Ctr. / 7.5 mi . N. of Arima on / Blanchisseuse Road / Trinidad , W.I. / June 26, 1984 / P. J. Clausen ” one male ( AFSC ); “ Asa Wright Nature Ctr. / 7.5 mi . N. of Arima on / Blanchisseuse Road / Trinidad , W.I. / June 20, 1984 / P.J. Clausen” one male (AFSC).