Fidicina ethelae ( Goding, 1925 )

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 : 18

Fidicina ethelae ( Goding, 1925)

Majeorona ethelae Goding 1925: 23 . (Quito and Macas, Ecuador)

REMARKS.—This is the largest of the Fidicina species in Ecuador. Fidicina ethelae is generally larger than F. mannifera with a wingspan greater than 130 mm. The species can be distinguished further by the timbal cover of the male extending below the metascutellar plate, the male operculum forms an approximate right triangle, the fore femora proximal and apical spines are angled with respect to the femoral axis, and the lateral branch of the uncus is recurved in F. ethelae .

DISTRIBUTION.—The species has been reported from Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela ( Metcalf 1963a; Sanborn 2013; 2014a; 2018c; 2020b). Goding (1925) reported the species from Quito, Pichincha province and Macas, Morona Santiago province.

MATERIAL EXAMINED.— “ Rio Palenque , ECUADOR / Los Rios Prov. - D. Dodson / XI – 15 –1972 ” one male ( AFSC).