Prunasis Stål, 1862a

Sanborn, Allen F., 2020, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Peru including the description of twenty-four new species, three new synonymies, and thirty-seven new records, Zootaxa 4785 (1), pp. 1-129 : 49

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4785.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3864510
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scientific name	Prunasis Stål, 1862a
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Genus Prunasis Stål, 1862a View in CoL new record

Cicada (Prunasis) Stål 1862a: 22 View in CoL .

Type species. Cicada viridula Walker 1850: 168 View in CoL . (Unknown locality)

REMARKS. The genus was originally distinguished by the four apical cells of the hind wings ( Stål 1862a). This is still a useful character to distinguish members of the genus and is an unique character in the Peruvian cicada fauna.

DISTRIBUTION. The genus has been reported previously only from Brazil ( Metcalf 1963c).