Parnisa Stål, 1862 a

Sanborn, Allen F., 2019, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Bolivia including the descriptions of fifteen new species, the resurrection of one genus and two species, seven new combinations, six new synonymies, and twenty-eight new records, Zootaxa 4655 (1), pp. 1-104 : 49

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4655.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4361056
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scientific name	Parnisa Stål, 1862 a
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Genus Parnisa Stål, 1862 a View in CoL View at ENA new record

Cicada (Parnisa) Stål 1862 a: 21 View in CoL .

TYPE SPECIES. Cicada (Parnisa) biplagiata Stål 1862 a: 21 . ( Brazil)

REMARKS. Species of Parnisa are characterized by five apical cells in the hind wings, ocelli that are well separated from the base of the head, and the distinct postcostal area of the fore wing ( Distant 1906a). The entire original generic description is based on fore wing structures ( Stål 1862 a). The pronotum has parallel lateral surfaces for most of its length.

DISTRIBUTION. Species of the genus have been reported previously from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela ( Metcalf 1963c; Sanborn 2013; Sanborn & Heath 2014). The first record for Bolivia is reported here.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
Family	Cicadidae