Carineta postica Walker, 1858b

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 : 42

Carineta postica Walker, 1858b

Cicada postica Walker 1858b: 23 . (Colombia)

Remarks. This is the second of the three large species heavily marked with piceous with a spot of infuscation on the end apex of anal cell 2 in the hind wing. It can be quickly distinguished from C. trivittata Walker, 1858b by the spot of infuscation on the mediocubital crossvein and in the wing margin distal to apical cells 1–3 in the hind wing of C. trivittata . Carineta maculosa Torres, 1948 can be distinguished by the spot of infuscation in the distal fore wing cubital cell, the greenish rather than ochraceous head and thorax, the more extensive piceous markings, and the more dense pile in C. maculosa .

Distribution. The species is known from Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panamá, and Peru ( Metcalf 1963c; Duffels & van der Laan 1985; Sanborn & Maes 2012; Maes et al. 2012; Sanborn 2013; 2014). The species has been reported from Chiriquí in Panama ( Jacobi 1907). It was reported as being collected in Panama by Wolda & Ramos (1992) but without locality data.