Carineta acommosis Sanborn, 2020b

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 : 45-46

Carineta acommosis Sanborn, 2020b

Carineta acommosis Sanborn 2020b: 53 . ( Rio Tambopata Reserve , 30 km (air) SW of Puerto Maldonado, 290m, Madre de Dios, Peru)

REMARKS.— Carineta acommosis is most similar to C. apicalis Distant, 1883 and C. naponore Boulard, 1986a of the Ecuadorian fauna. It is a small to medium sized (body lengths 19.75–21.85 mm), non-descript, green species. This species can be distinguished from C. apicalis and C. naponore by the finger-like medial extension of the male operculum and the broader posterior prothorax producing a more triangular anterior, the frons that does not form at an approximate right angle to the vertex and the abdomen tapers toward the posterior in C. apicalis and C. naponore , and the basal lobe appendages are large flattened lobes in C. apicalis and similar but smaller basal lobe appendages in C. naponore . It is a smaller version of the Ecuadorian species group composed of C. cyrili Champanhet, 1999 , C. dicrophryxothrix Sanborn, 2020b , C. gemella Boulard, 1986a , C. lichiana Boulard, 1986a , and C. socia Uhler, 1875 all of which have a similar general appearance but larger body size (> 25 mm).

DISTRIBUTION.—The species has been reported from Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru ( Sanborn 2020b). It was reported from Napo province in Ecuador.

MATERIAL EXAMINED.— All paratypes. “ Ecuador, Napo Province / near Pompeya (Yasuni Nat. Pk.) / lat. 00o,38– 40’S; long.76o,22–27’W / El : 280M.;17–30Oct.98; D.Robacker // M.H.Evans / Collection” one male ( CUIC) ; “ EC- UADOR; Provincia / de Francisco de Orellana / Yasuni National Park / S00 o 40.478 W076 o 23.866 // 25–IV–2005; CRBartlett / N Nazdrowicz, D Chang / ex:@Hg Vapor light/night” one male ( UDCC).