Dorachosa explicata Distant, 1892

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 : 51-52

Dorachosa explicata Distant, 1892

Dorachosa explicata Distant 1892: 64 . (Matachin, Panama)

Remarks. A small (body length 12 mm) species with a greenish ochraceous head and thorax and castaneous or tawny abdomen with a transverse piceous stripe on the dorsal head. The generic characters also distinguish the single species from other Panamanian cicadas.

Distribution. The species is known from El Salvador and Panama ( Metcalf 1963c; Sanborn 2013). The reference to Argentina is a mistake ( Sanborn & Heath 2014). The species has been reported from Matachin in Panama ( Distant 1900). It was reported as being collected in Panama by Wolda & Ramos (1992) but without locality data.

Material examined. “Panamá: Panamá Prov. / Cerro Campana , 850m. / 8° 40’ N, 79° 56’ W / 29 Apr. ’73 Stockwell ” one male ( TAMU) ; “ PANAMA: Darién Prov. / P.N. Darién Cerro Pirre / “ Campo Plastico ” 620m / 7.9973°N, 77.7129°W / VI–3–5–2015, E. Riley, UV // TAMU—ENTO / X1229387” one male ( TAMU) ; “ PANAMA: Darién Prov. / P.N. Darién Cerro Pirre / “ Campo Plastico ” 620m / 7.9973°N, 77.7129°W / VI–3–5– 2015, E. Riley, UV // TAMU—ENTO / X1229390” one male ( AFSC) ; “ PANAMÁ: Coclé / Cerro Gaital , / VI–10– 12–1985 / E. Riley & D. Rider ” one male ( AFSC) ; “ PANAMA: Veraguas Prov. / Alto Piedra, 5 km NW / Santa Fe , 800 m elev. / VI 11–14 2016, N.J. Smith ” one female ( UCDC) ; “ Canal Zone / Pan. IX–16–1958 // Barro Colorado Isl. / Gatun Lake // Charles F. Harbison / Collector // SDNHM / COLLECTION / DATABASE / SDNHM094784 ” one male ( SDMC) ; “ PANAMA: Panama / El Llano-Carti Rd. km. / 12.4, 10 May 1996 / R. Turnbow ” one male ( FSCA) ; “ PANAMA: Darién, / Filo de Talla Lodge / Metetí , 16–20–V–2014 / J.B. Heppner, 145m ” one female ( FSCA), one female ( AFSC) ; “ PANAMA C.Z. / Barro Colo. Isl. / 24-IV-1978 / C.D. Jorgensen ” one male and one female ( BYUC) .