Carineta lichiana 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 : 55-56

Carineta lichiana Boulard, 1986a new record

Carineta lichiana Boulard 1986a: 415 . (Caûv 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. lichiana . It is very similar to but can be distinguished from C. gemella by the upper pygofer lobe possessing long pile and the basal lobe appendages having two finger-like extensions to the terminus rather than 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 as found in C. lichiana .

DISTRIBUTION.—The species has been reported previously from French Guiana and Venezuela (Sanborn 2011a; 2013).

MATERIAL EXAMINED FOR NEW RECORD.— “ ECUADOR: Provincia / de Francisco de Orellana / Yasuni National Park / S00 o 40.478 W076 o 23.866 / 26–IV–2005; CRBartlett / N Nazdrowicz, D. Chang // UDCC _ TCN 00049170 ” one male ( UDCC); “ ECUADOR: Napo Prov. / Estacion Cientifica Yasuní / 00 o 40’28”S, 76 o 38’50”W / IX–5–10– 1999, UV light / Coll. E.G. Riley, 215 m ” three males ( TAMU) .