Conibosa occidentis ( Walker, 1858a )

Sanborn, Allen F., 2018, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Panama including the description of six new species, three new combinations, one new synonymy, and nine new records, Zootaxa 4493 (1), pp. 1-69 : 55

Conibosa occidentis ( Walker, 1858a)

Cephaloxys occidentis Walker 1858a: 36 . (Mexico)

Calyria virginea Stål 1864: 56 . (Vera Cruz, Mexico)

Remarks. This is the smaller of the two Panamanian species of Conibosa . The body is narrow (about 3 mm wide) with a very prominent postclypeus when viewed from the dorsal side. Fore wing width is about 5.5. mm and the male abdomen is testaceous on the posterior and ventral side. The posterior abdominal segments in males are red and the male operculum is small, roughly rectangular and angled with respect to the midline.

Distribution. The species has been reported from Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama ( Metcalf 1963c; Duffels & van der Laan 1985; Sanborn 2013; 2014; Sanborn & Maes 2012; Maes et al. 2012). The species was collected at Fortuna, Province of Chiriquí, at 1050 m altitude in forest habitat ( Wolda & Ramos 1992) in Panama.

Material examined. “ Panamá: Canal Zone / Venado Beach / 14 June, 1976 / Coll. E.G. Riley ” one male ( AFSC).