Zammara smaragdula Walker, 1858

Maccagnan, Douglas Henrique Bottura, Martinelli, Nilza Maria, Goemans, Geert & Guilherme, Edson, 2011, Zammara smaragdula Walker, 1858 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae): first record for Brazil, Check List 7 (4), pp. 563-564 : 563

Amale specimenof Zammara smaragdula Walker, 1858

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was collected on 18-II- 2010 in gallery forest at themouthof theriver Jurupari , Acre state, Brazil, (7°51’32” S, 70°51’10” W). The collected specimen was deposited in the Entomology Collection at the Phytosanitation Department of the Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias of the UNESP ( FCAV / UNESP), Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil .

When alive, Z. smaragdula has an iridescent blue-green color and can be easily diagnosed by the pattern of spots on their forewings. Initially, this species was reported only for South America ( Walker 1858), without providing any specific location, neither does the type specimen have any location data. Currently this species is known to occur in Mexico ( Sanborn 2006a; 2007), Guatemala ( Sanborn 2006b) and Colombia ( Sanborn 2010). Bartholomew and Barnhart (1984) carried out physiological studies with Z. smaragdula in Panama. However, this species is not listed for this country in the list provided by Wolda and Ramos (1992). Young (1972; 1973) attributes ecological notes for Z. smaragdula in Costa Rica, but the pictures presented by theauthorarenotconsistentwiththisspecies.Probablythe correct species is Z. smaragdina Walker, 1850 . However, in later publications, as indicated by the pictures presented, the author starts to correctly determine both species, thus providing the true ecological notes for Z. smaragdula from Costa Rica ( Young 1980a, b, c, d; 1981a, b). Since the records of occurrence for Z. smaragdula did not include Brazil, the collection herein reported represents a new record for the country.