Fidicinoides brunnea Boulard and Martinelli, 1996

Santos, Rodrigo S. & Martinelli, Nilza M., 2011, Morphological characterisation of five brazilian species of Fidicinoides (Hemiptera: Cicadidae), Revista Colombiana de Entomología 37 (2), pp. 341-345 : 342-343

Fidicinoides brunnea Boulard and Martinelli, 1996

Head ( Fig. 2A ): lateral ocelli and median ocellus situated on broad irregular-shaped black mark, that extends to the base of the antennae and vertex; medial ocellus in an almost frontal position; distance between the lateral ocelli nearly three times the distance that separates them from corresponding eyes; eyes slightly salient, oblique, with joined sub-ocular marks; postclypeus dorsal portion a little longer than the vertex, arched, ochre, darker on the sides; postclypeus face arched, brown, with eight transverse ridges on both sides of the medial furrow; black anteclypeus; rostrum long, brownish, with apex reaching the medial hind femur.

Thorax ( Fig. 2A ): pronotum longer than head; lateral angle of pronotal collar little developed; mesonotum brown, with green markings; lateral sigilla dark near the pronotum and on the distal extremities, with the central area lighter and comma-shaped; submedian sigilla short, dark and fusiform; a broad mark and scutal depression black above the long cruciform elevation, flattened, with posterior apices short, rounded and close together ( Fig. 2A ); very short operculum, flattened, covered with golden hairs.

Forewing ( Fig. 2B ): hyaline; light brown fumose in the apical area; forewing with basal cell opaque brown; brownish veins, darker in the apical area; the extremities of the veins marked with dark brown on both sides, with deep brown markings on the radial and radiomedial crossveins; ambient vein dark brown; apical area octoloculate.

Examined material: BRAZIL. Mato Grosso. FCAV/UNESP / Jaboticabal (Roppa and Alvarenga). 1 paratype ♂.

Comments: Medium-sized species, similar to F. besti , but distinguished by the short and fusiform submedian sigilla on the mesonotum.

Having previously been removed for the study of the genitalia, illustrations of the abdomen and male sternite VIII were not made.

Figures

Figure 2. Fidicinoides brunnea: A. Head and thorax (dorsal view); B. Right forewing.