Carineta apicalis Distant, 1883b

Sanborn, Allen F., 2020, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Peru including the description of twenty-four new species, three new synonymies, and thirty-seven new records, Zootaxa 4785 (1), pp. 1-129 : 56-57

Carineta apicalis Distant, 1883b

Carineta apicalis Distant 1883b: 192 . (Ega, Amazonas, Brazil and Cayenne, French Guiana)

REMARKS. Carineta apicalis is a small (body length <20 mm) green (fading to tawny as they age) unmarked species with the prothorax and head forming an obvious triangle. Females differ from males in they generally have a contrasting castaneous abdomen. Males can be distinguished by the posteromedial spine-like extension of the male operculum. It can be distinguished from C. acommosis n. sp. by finger-like medial extension of the male operculum, the frons is not at an approximate right angle to the vertex, the abdomen tapers toward the posterior, and the basal lobe appendages are large flattened lobes in C. apicalis . It can be distinguished from C. spoliata by the female operculum having a sinuate posterior margin, the longer and thinner tertiary spine of the fore femora, and the notch in female sternite VII terminates in a pointed extension continuous with the medial margin in that species. Carineta maracayensis can be distinguished by the wider posterior prothorax,straight posterior margin of the male operculum, radiating piceous pile, curving basal portion of the abdomen, and the single point of the basal pygofer lobe appendage. Finally, C. tingomariaensis n. sp. can be distinguished by straight posterior margin of the male operculum, the adpressed primary spine of the fore femur, distal claspers that curve at the terminus, and the basal lobe appendages are short and curving to a point in this new species.

DISTRIBUTION. The species has been reported from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana and Peru ( Metcalf 1963c; Duffels & van der Laan 1985; Sanborn 2011a; 2019b; Sanborn & Heath 2014). Jacobi (1907; 1951) reported the species from Callanga, Chanchamayo, and Huanaco in Peru.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. “ PERU: San Martin Dept. / Moyabamba, vic. / Ecológico “Rumipata” / 13–18-X-2012 J. E. Eger // S 06º 04’32.0”, W / 076º 58’ 07.5” 970 / m, MV & UV Light ” two males ( FSCA), one male ( AFSC); “ PERU: Huanaco Dept. / Tingo Maria, Turista Hotel , / 2500’ elev. 11–17-IV-1987. / J. E. Eger, coll.” one male ( AFSC); “ Hotel Turista , 2500’ elev. / Tingo Maria , Huanuco Prov., / PERU 15 April 1987 // T Allen colls. / MGCL Acc. / 2002-2” one male ( AFSC).