Zammara nigriplaga Walker, 1858a

Sanborn, Allen F., 2020, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Ecuador including the description of five new species, a new subtribe, four new synonymies, and fifteen new records, Zootaxa 4880 (1), pp. 1-80 : 14

Zammara nigriplaga Walker, 1858a

Zammara nigriplaga Walker 1858a: 4 . (South America)

REMARKS.— Walker (1858a) lists South America as the type locality but the type specimens has a label with “Antioq” probably referring to Antioquia, Colombia ( Goemans 2016). A number of previously published northern records of Z. tympanum ( Fabricius, 1803) are considered to be Z. nigriplaga ( Goemans 2016) . Specimens of Z. nigriplaga can be distinguished by the bronzed fore wings with infuscation on all crossveins and each vein separating the apical cells. In addition, this is the only species of the genus to have infuscation in the hind wing ( Goemans 2016).

DISTRIBUTION.—The species has been reported from Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama ( Metcalf 1963a; Sanborn 2013; 2018c; Goemans 2016). The species has been reported from Cachabé in northwest Ecuador ( Jacobi 1907a). Goding (1925) reported the species from Colimes, Guayas province, and Antigua, Pichincha province. Goemans (2016) reported specimens from Cañar, Napo and Pichincha provinces.