Fidicinoides

Sanborn, Allen F., Moore, Thomas E. & Young, Allen M., 2008, Two new cicada species from Costa Rica (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadidae) with a key to the species of Fidicinoides in Costa Rica, Zootaxa 1846, pp. 1-20 : 19

Key to the Fidicinoides of Costa Rica

1 Body length greater than 30 mm........................................................................................................... 2

1 ’ Body length less than 30 mm................................................................................................................. 4

2 ( 1) Tegmina and wings smoky in appearance distally (fig. 26)........................................ F. fumea (Distant)

2 ’ Tegmina and wings hyaline distally....................................................................................................... 3

3 ( 2 ’) Mesothorax with large, medial obconical spots and spots in scutal depression (fig. 27) ........................................................................................................................................................... F. pronoe (Walker)

3 ’ Mesothorax without markings or with only a line along parapsidal suture (fig. 28) F. c a c h l a (Distant)

4 ( 1 ’) Base of tegmina and wings opaquely colored (fig. 29)................................................ F. sericans (Stål)

4 ’ Base of tegmina and wings not opaquely colored.................................................................................. 5

5 ( 4 ’) Tegmina with spines on the costal margin............................................................................................. 6

5 ’ Tegmina without spines on the costal margin........................................................................................ 7

6 ’ ( 5) Mesothorax with obconical spots, hind border of pronotum ground color (fig. 30)............................... ............................................................................................................................ F. v a r i e g a t a (Sanborn)

6 ’ Mesothorax without obconical spots, hind margin of pronotum black (fig. 31).. F. spinicosta (Walker)

7 ( 5 ’) Abdominal tergite markings forming an arch across abdomen, mark along parapsidal suture linear, head with incomplete transverse line through ocelli (fig. 1)............................................. F. coffea sp.n.

7 ’ Abdominal tergites fuscous anteriorly, mark along parapsidal suture comma or obconical in shape, head markings primarily on frons and anterior vertex.............................................. F. guayabana sp.n.