Tympanoterpes virgulata Sanborn, 2019b

Tympanoterpes virgulata Sanborn 2019b: 21 . (3.7 km SSE Buena Vista, Hotel Flora & Fauna, 430m, Santa Cruz, Bolivia)

REMARKS. The specimens from Peru in the type series represented the first record of the genus in Peru (Sanborn 2019b). The generic characters will separate the species from the other Peruvian cicadas. Tympanoterpes virgulata can also be recognized by the abdominal segments 3 and 4 being wider than the mesothorax and the transverse piceous fasciae on the anterodorsal abdominal tergites.

DISTRIBUTION. The species has been reported from Bolivia and Peru (Sanborn 2019b).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. “ PERU Alt.: 670m / Huanuco Dept., / Tingo Maria / 8-IX-1971 JSchuster” one female (FSCA, paratype); “ PERU Madre de Dios / nr Puerto Maldonado / Posadas Amazonas / S12 48.115 W69 18.019 / 609ft;(30-IX)–(3-X)-2004 / C R Bartlett” three males and two females (UDCC, paratypes), three males and one female (AFSC, paratypes); “ PERU Madre de Dios / nr Puerto Maldonado / Posadas Amazonas / lodge@ Rio Tambopata / S12 48.115 W69 18.019 / 609ft;(7–10)- X-2004 / C R Bartlett” one male (UDCC, paratype); “ PERU Madre de Dios / Tambopata Res. Zone / Tambopata Research / Cntr on Rio Tambopata // S13 08.305 W69 36.502 / 622 ft (3–7)- X-2004 / CRBartlett” one male and one female (UDCC, paratypes), one female (AFSC, paratype); “ PERU. Loreto / Tingo Maria / 11 Feb. 1977 / J. R. Robertson” one female (LACM) .