Carineta gemella Boulard, 1986a

Sanborn, Allen F., 2020, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Ecuador including the description of five new species, a new subtribe, four new synonymies, and fifteen new records, Zootaxa 4880 (1), pp. 1-80 : 53-54

Carineta gemella Boulard, 1986a

Carineta gemella Boulard 1986a: 417 . (Cano Wiraki, 460 m, Venezuela)

REMARKS.—This species is another of the group of Ecuadorian species that are of similar size and general morphology including C. cyrili , C. dicrophryxothrix , C. gemella , C. lichiana , and C. socia . It can be distinguished from C. cyrili , C. dicrophryxothrix , and C. socia by the contrasting darker abdominal coloration characteristic of C. gemella . It is very similar to but can be distinguished from C. lichiana by the lack of long pile extending from the upper pygofer lobe, the pygofer basal lobe appendage that narrows to a curved terminus crossing the midline rather than the upper pygofer lobe possessing long pile and the basal lobe appendages having two finger-like extensions to the terminus as found in C. gemella .

DISTRIBUTION.—The species has been reported from Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela (Sanborn 2013; Sanborn & Heath 2014; Barreto & Porfiro 2015; Dias et al. 2017; Maccagnan et al. 2018) with recent additions of records for Colombia, Ecuador (without locality) ( Barreto & Porfiro 2015), Bolivia, Paraguay ( Sanborn 2019b), and Peru ( Sanborn 2020b).

MATERIAL EXAMINED.— “ ECUADOR: Orellana Prov. / Yasuni N. P. Yasuni Res. Stn. / 00 o 40.4’ S, 076 o 23.86’ W / 15 Jul 2008 M. Ferro / MV blacklight // LSAM / 0155996 ” one male ( LSAM); “ 1479EcuadorOrellana / Erwin Transect / Onkone Gare Camp / Reserva Etnica Waorani / 00 39’ 25.7”S 076 27’10.8”W / 8.ii.96 T.L. Erwin et al / Fogging terre firme forest // 1479” one male ( UDCC); “ ECUADOR; Provincia / de Francisco de Orellana / Yasuni National Park / road to station / 25–IV–2005; CRBartlett / N Nazdrowicz, D Chang ” six males ( UDCC); “ ECUADOR; Provincia / de Francisco de Orellana / Yasuni National Park / 00 o 40.478’ S, 076 o 23.866 W // 25–IV–2005; CRBartlett / N Nazdrowicz, D Chang ” one male ( AFSC); “ ECUADOR: Napo: Yasuni / Res. Stat. 0 o 40.5’S 76 o 24W / 8 July 1999 BL in Tower / Carlton / Mosely / Tishechkin ” one male ( AFSC); “ ECUADOR: Napo Prov. / Yasuni Res. Stn. on mid. / Rio Tiputini . 0 o 40.5’S / 76 o 24’W. UVMV light / 30 June 1999. V. Moseley ” one male ( AFSC); “ ECUADOR: Napo Prov. / Yasuni Res. Stn. on / mid. Rio Tiputini / 0 o 40.5’ S 76 o 24’ W // 19 June 1999 / Mercury vapor / Collected by: / Victoria L. Moseley ” one male ( AFSC); “ ECUADOR: Napo Prov. / Estación Cientifica Yasunì / 00º 40’ 28”S, 76º 38’50”W / IX–5–10–1999, UV light / Coll. E.G. Riley, 215 m.” three males ( TAMU), two males ( AFSC). “ ECUADOR: Provincia / de Francisco de Orellana / Yasuni National Park / S00 o 40.478’ W076 o 23.866 W // 25–IV–2005; CRBartlett / N Nazdrowicz, D Chang / ex: @Hg Vapor light/night // UDCC_TCN 0098770 ” one male ( UDCC); “ ECUADOR: Provincia / de Francisco de Orellana / Yasuni National Park / S00 o 40.478’ W076 o 23.866 W // 25–IV–2005; CRBartlett / N Nazdrowicz, D Chang / ex:@ Hg Vapor light/night // UDCC_TCN 0098771 ” one female ( UDCC); “ ECUADOR: Provincia / de Francisco de Orellana / Yasuni National Park / S00 o 40.478’ W076 o 23.866 W / 25–IV–2005; CRBartlett / N Nazdrowicz, D Chang / ex:@ Hg Vapor light/ night // UDCC_TCN 0098772 ” one male ( UDCC); “ ECUADOR: Provincia / de Francisco de Orellana / Yasuni National Park / S00 o 40.478’ W076 o 23.866 W / 25–IV–2005; CRBartlett / N Nazdrowicz, D Chang / ex:@ Hg Vapor light/night // UDCC_TCN 0098773 ” one male ( UDCC); “ ECUADOR: Provincia / de Francisco de Orellana / Yasuni National Park / S00 o 40.478’ W076 o 23.866 W / 27–IV–2005; CRBartlett / N Nazdrowicz, D Chang / ex:@ Hg Vapor light/night // UDCC_TCN 0098774 ” one male ( UDCC); “ ECUADOR: Provincia / de Francisco de Orellana / Yasuni National Park / S00 o 40.478’ W076 o 23.866 W / 28–IV–2005; CRBartlett / N Nazdrowicz, D Chang / ex: @Hg Vapor light/night // UDCC_TCN 0098775 ” one male ( UDCC).