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.
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Zootaxa
2016
2016-07-13
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501
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journal article
38579
10.11646/zootaxa.4137.4.3
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Cracenpsaltria brasiliorum
Kirkaldy, 1909
rev. stat., n. comb.
Cicada viridis
(nom. nud.)
Stoll 1788: 72
.
Cicada marginata
Olivier 1790: 755
.
Tettigonia viridis
Fabricius 1803: 39
.
Cicada viridis
Germar 1830: 7
[43].
Tympanoterpes marginata
Stål 1866: 172
.
Ariasa marginata
Distant 1906: 90
.
Ariasa brasiliorum
Kirkaldy 1909
nom. nov.
pro
Cicada marginata
Olivier, 1790
nec
Cicada marginata
Sulzer, 1761: 391
.
Type
locality.
Surinam
.
Remarks.
Boulard (2001)
describes in detail the identity, history and synonymy of the species and came to the conclusion that
Cicada marginata
Olivier, 1790
was a valid species and was assigned to
Ariasa
. However, after reviewing
Sulzer (1761)
it is clear that
Kirkaldy (1909)
was correct in his interpretation of the validity of
C. marginata
Olivier
because it does not matter that Latreille changed the criteria of the genus
Cicada
L. when Kirkaldy provided the
nomen novum
as
Boulard (2001)
suggested. Although
Sulzer (1761)
used a colloquial name in the text (p. 95 of the first section of the book) to describe his
C. marginata
, the name
marginata
is clearly identified as being associated with
Cicada
L. from
Systema Naturae
in the second section of the book containing the figure legends (p. 25) and both sections refer to the same figure (Fig. 66, Tab. X) so that the description and the name correspond to the same species. The name
C. marginata
Sulzer, 1761
meets the criteria of publication, the criteria of availability, the use of the Latin alphabet (in a font distinct from the remaining text and matching the font of the genus
Cicada
), the name is used as a binomen, there is a description of the species, and the name was valid when proposed meaning the name is available under the
Code of Zoological Nomenclature
(ICZN 1999). Therefore,
C. marginata
Sulzer
has priority over
C. marginata
Olivier and Kirkaldy
was correct in assigning a
nomen novum
for Olivier’s species as the name
Cicada marginata
was preoccupied when proposed by Olivier. As a result,
Cracenpsaltria brasiliorum
(
Kirkaldy, 1909
)
rev. stat., n. comb.
is the valid name for the taxon with the erection of the new genus here.
Distribution.
Specimens have been reported from previously from
Brazil
,
Surinam
, South
America
(
Metcalf 1963
;
Sanborn 2013
), and
French Guiana
(
Sanborn 2011a
). The range of the species is extended to include Boliva and
Peru
with the new records reported here.
Material examined for new record.
“
Rurrenabaque
/
Beni River
// 450 mt. /
Bolivia
, 1956 //
LEPena
col.” (
two males
FSCA
;
one male
AFSC
);
“
BOLIVIA
:
Santa Cruz
/
Potrerillos del Guenda Res. / Elev.
1322 ft
. /
17
°
40.262’S
63
°
27.445’W
/
6–12 January 2005
/
J.V. McHugh
lab. exped.” (one
female
UGCA
)
;
“
Prov. del Sara
/
Bol.
Steinbach
// Carn. Mus. / Acc. 5604” (
one female
CMNH
);
“
Prov. del Sara
/
Bolivia
,
450 m
.
/
J. Steinbach
// Carn. Mus. / Acc. 6443” (
four females
CMNH
,
two females
AFSC
);
“
Ituralde Prov.
,
Dpto La Paz
,
San Miguel
,
14
°
30.602'S
67
°
29.555'W
,
30–IX–2007
” (a
specimen
UCMS
);
“
PERU
Madre de Dios
/
nr Puerto Maldonado
/
Posada Amazonas
/ lodge@
Rio Tambopata
/
S12 48.115
W69 18.019
/
609 ft
; (30–IX)–(3–X)–2004 /
C R Bartlett
” (two
males
UDCC
);
and “
PERU
Madre de Dios
/ nr
Puerto Maldonado
/
Posada Amazonas
/ lodge@
Rio Tambopata
/
S12 48.115
W69 18.019
/
609 ft
; (7–10)–
X–2004
/
C R Bartlett
” (one
male
UDCC
, one
male
AFSC
).