Hemisciera maculipennis (de Laporte, 1832)

Cicada maculipennis de Laporte, 1832: 412 . (French Guiana and Brazil)

Cicada versicolor Brullé, 1835 (in Audouin & Brullé): Plate v, Fig. 1.

Cicada sumptuosa Blanchard, 1840: 165 .

Fidicina floslofia Walker, 1858a: 15 . (Ega, Brazil)

Remarks. The species is medium sized (body length 31-34 mm) with a piceous and brown body. The bright green basal area of the fore wings and bright red on the basal area of the hind wings make the species very easy to identify.

Distribution. The species has been recorded from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Panama, and Peru (Metcalf 1963a; Sanborn 2011a; 2013; Sanborn & Heath 2014). The species has been reported from Barro Colorado Island, Panama Canal Zone, 120 m altitude in lowland forest (Wolda & Ramos 1992) in Panama.