Genus Cracenpsaltria Sanborn, 2016c

Cracenpsaltria Sanborn 2016c: 514 .

TYPE SPECIES. Cicada marginata Olivier 1790: 755 . (Suriname)

REMARKS. The genus was erected for a single species previously classified in the genus Ariasa . Species of the genus can be distinguished by the distinguished by the separate, long, hooked lateral branches of the uncus, the angled pygofer distal shoulder, the absence of laterally expanding abdominal segments, and the length of the abdomen is greater than the distance between the apex of the head and the posterior cruciform elevation in Cracenpsaltria . Species of Cracenpsaltria also have a thinner appearance than all species of Ariasa . The contrasting coloration pattern of the two known species is also significantly different from known Ariasa species.

DISTRIBUTION. The genus has been recorded from Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Peru, South America, and Suriname (Metcalf 1963a; Sanborn 2011a; 2013; 2016c). The first records for the genus in Ecuador are listed below with the description of the new species.