Parnisa Stål, 1862

SANBORN, ALLEN F, 2020, Eight new species and three new records of Neotropical cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from Venezuela, Journal of Insect Biodiversity 16 (1), pp. 6-37 : 18

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.12976/jib/2020.16.1.2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8376447
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scientific name	Parnisa Stål, 1862
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Genus Parnisa Stål, 1862 View in CoL View at ENA

Cicada (Parnisa) Stål 1862: 21 View in CoL .

Type species. Cicada (Parnisa) biplagiata Stål 1862: 21 View in CoL . (Brazil)

Remarks. Species of Parnisa are characterized by five apical cells in the hind wings, ocelli that are well separated from the base of the head, and the distinct postcostal area of the fore wing ( Distant 1906). The entire original generic description is based on structures of the fore wing ( Stål 1862). The lateral surfaces of the pronotum are parallel for most of their length.

Distribution. Species of the genus have been reported previously from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela ( Metcalf 1963b; Sanborn 2013; Sanborn & Heath 2014) with the first record for Bolivia reported recently ( Sanborn 2019a).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
Family	Cicadidae
SubFamily	Cicadettinae
Tribe	Parnisini