Fidicinoides sucinalae 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 : 344-345

Fidicinoides sucinalae Boulard and Martinelli, 1996

Head ( Fig. 5A ): lateral ocelli and medial ocellus situated on a long irregular-shaped black band, that stops short of the base of the antennae and vertex; median ocellus in sub-frontal position; distance between the lateral ocelli nearly three times the distance separating them from the corresponding eyes; eyes salient with sub-ocular discrete marks; postclypeus dorsal portion long, curved, with nine brownish transverse ridges on both sides of the medial furrow; anteclypeus black; rostrum long, ochre, with apex extending between the second and third pair of legs.

Thorax ( Fig. 5A ): pronotum longer than the head; lateral angle of pronotal collar poorly developed; two punctiform black markings on the posterior part of the internal area; mesonotum light brown with four dark streaks, lateral sigilla long, narrow and discontinuous; submedian sigilla equally narrow, curved and short; one narrow, long black markabove the cruciform elevation; scutal depression black; cruciform elevation broad, flattened, with posterior apices not prominent and apart from each other, at the level of the mesocutellar expansions ( Fig. 5A ); operculum with short lamina, broad, arched lamina with ochre-coloured markings.

Abdomen ( Fig. 5B ): a little shorter than the distance from the vertex to the posterior apices of the cruciform elevation; base equal to the width of the thorax, slightly tapering; brown tergites; timbal cover bordered with black on the front part; sternites ochre, except the eighth, which is darker brownish; last abdominal segment light brown; male sternite VIII nearly one and a half times wider than long, anterior margin almost straight, outer margin oblique and slightly concave, posterior margin with non-pronounced invagination, and apices apart from each other ( Fig. 5D ).

Forewing ( Fig. 5C ): hyaline; light brown fumose on the apical region; forewing with basal cell opaque, brown; costa long, ochre; veins ochre turning brown at the apical region; radial, radiomedial, medial and mediocubital crossveins with deep brown infuscation; apical area octoloculate.

Examined material: BRAZIL. Amazonas: Humaitá. FCA/ UNESP / Botucatu . 3.VII.1975. (L. C. Petri), holotype ♂; ibidem, 4 paratypes ♂♂; ibidem, 1 paratype ♂; ibidem, IX.1973. (Scivittaro), 3 paratypes ♂♂; ibidem, X.1974, 2 paratypes ♂♂; Rondônia: Porto Velho. INPA. 21.VIII.1979. (J. Campbell), 1 paratype ♂; FCA/UNESP / Botucatu . 24.X. 975. (A. A. G.), 1 paratype ♂; Pará: Cachimbo . FIOCRUZ 21.IX.1955. (L. Travassos and S. Oliveira), 2 ♂♂; ibidem, 09.X.1956, (Travassos, Oliveira and Adão), 1 ♂; Without location. INPA. 11.IX.1963. (Eduardo), 1 ♂.

Comments: Medium-sized species, having two marks, adjoined or discrete on the posterior margin of the inner region of the pronotum, as well as having long and discontinuous external markings of the mesonotum.

Figures

Figure 5. Fidicinoides sucinalae: A. Head and thorax (dorsal view); B. Abdomen (ventral view); C. Right forewing; D. ♂ sternite VIII (f.m. – front margin; l.m. – lateral margin and p.m. – posterior margin).