Carineta aestiva Distant, 1883

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 : 40-41

Carineta aestiva Distant, 1883

Carineta aestiva Distant 1883: 20 . (4000–6000 ft on Volcan Chiriqui, Panama)

Remarks. This species is first of the large, primarily greenish Carineta species found in Panama. It is intermediate in size for the three species with body lengths of approximately 23 mm and a wingspan of about 68 mm. It differs from the two similar species, C. verna Distant, 1883 and C. viridicata Distant, 1883 , in the deeply sulcate postclypeus, the more angled lateral prothorax, the transverse fuscous stripe on the anterior pronotal collar, the dark ochraceous mesothorax and castaneous abdomen, the greater amount of pile especially on the ventral head and body, and the fore wing ulnar cell 2 is about seven-eighths the length of ulnar cell 1 in this species. Carineta viridicata differs in the head and thorax are bright green with a more elongated green and pale ochraceous abdomen, the fore wing ulnar cell 2 is about two-thirds the length of ulnar cell 1, and the male opercula are widely separated. It differs from C. verna by its castaneous head, the dull ochraceous mesothorax marked with piceous, and the pale castaneous abdomen, the greater amount of pile particularly on the ventral head and body, and smaller body length (20 mm) and wingspan (63 mm) of this species.

Distribution. The species is currently known from Panama ( Metcalf 1963c; Sanborn 2013). It has been reported from Volcan Chiriqui in Panama ( Distant 1883). It was reported as being collected in Panama by Wolda & Ramos (1992) but without locality data.

Material examined. “ PANAMÁ: Chiriquí / Hartmann’s finca, / St. Clara, VI–15 – / 18–85 Riley&Rider” one female ( AFSC) .