Hemisciera maculipennis ( de Laporte, 1832 )

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 : 37

Hemisciera maculipennis ( de Laporte, 1832)

Cicada maculipennis de Laporte, 1832: 412 . (French Guiana and Brazil)

Cicada versicolor Brullé, 1835 (in Audouin & Brullé): Plate v, Fig. 1 .

Cicada sumptuosa Blanchard, 1840: 165 .

Fidicina floslofia Walker, 1858a: 15 . (Ega, Brazil)

Remarks. The species is medium sized (body length 31-34 mm) with a piceous and brown body. The bright green basal area of the fore wings and bright red on the basal area of the hind wings make the species very easy to identify.

Distribution. The species has been recorded from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Panama, and Peru ( Metcalf 1963a; Sanborn 2011a; 2013; Sanborn & Heath 2014). The species has been reported from Barro Colorado Island, Panama Canal Zone, 120 m altitude in lowland forest ( Wolda & Ramos 1992) in Panama.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Procollina quadrimaculata n. sp.: A, holotype male and paratype female habitus; B, holotype male dorsum; C, holotype male timbal; D, holotype male operculum; E, paratype female operculum; F, holotype male lateral view of genitalia; G, holotype male posterior view of genitalia; H, paratype female lateral view of genitalia; I, paratype female ventral view of genitalia. Scale bar: A, 2 cm; B, 5 mm; C–E, 2 mm; F–G, 1 mm; H–I, 2 mm.