Taphura hastifera ( Walker, 1858 )

Sanborn, Allen F., 2017, Generic redescription, seven new species and a key to the Taphura Stål, 1862 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadetttinae: Taphurini), Zootaxa 4324 (3), pp. 451-481 : 470-471

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scientific name	Taphura hastifera ( Walker, 1858 )
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Taphura hastifera ( Walker, 1858) View in CoL

Cicada hastifera Walker 1858: 25 View in CoL (type material in BMNH).

Cicada frontalis Walker 1858: 25 View in CoL (type material in BMNH).

Taphura frontalis Stål 1862b: 484 View in CoL .

Taphura hastifera Distant 1906a: 138 View in CoL .

Type locality. Brazil, Pará, Santarém.

Remarks. This is a widespread species that is often common in collections. The claspers diverge laterally from their base and form a claw-like terminus. The basal pygofer lobes are reduced.

Distribution. The species has an expansive distribution over much of South America. It is currently known from Brazil, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela ( Metcalf 1963; Sanborn 2013) and was recently recorded from Argentina ( Sanborn & Heath 2014). The distribution of the species is expanded here to included Ecuador and Bolivia. The previous reports from Peru by Jacobi (1951) are from localities north and west of the area where T. attiguclava n. sp. was collected so they do not appear to be misidentifications. The specimens listed as T. hastifera by Pogue (1996) are considered to be T. attiguclava n. sp. as discussed previously.

Material examined for new records. “ ECUADOR: Napo Province / Misahualli Jungle Lodge area , jct. of / Rio Napo & Rio Misahualli, 1650 - / 1900’ elev. S 1° 2’ 4.2”, W 77° 39’ / 49.2”, 5–12:IX:1998. C. & K. / Messenger ” nine males and three females ( UNSM), GoogleMaps one female ( AFSC); “ ECUADOR: Napo Prov. / Jatun Sacha Biological Station / 77° 37’ W, 1° 04’ S, VII-24-26-1998 / lowland rainforest, 450 m / Ratcliffe, Jameson, Smith, Villatoro ” eleven males ( UNSM), one male ( AFSC); GoogleMaps “ ECUADOR: Napo Province / Misahualli Jungle Lodge area , jct. of / Rio Napo & Rio Misahualli, 1650 – / 1900’ elev. S 1° 2’ 4.2”, W 77° 39’ / 49.2”, 13–20:IX:1998. C. & K. / Messenger ” four males and one female ( UNSM); GoogleMaps “ ECUADOR: Prov. Napo / vic. Puerto Misahualli, / 1650-1900’ ft., 6–19-IX- / 1998 J.E. Eger, coll. // 1° 2’ 4.2” S lat. / 77° 39’ 49.2” W lon. / Mercury vapor & / Ultraviolet lights ” one female ( AFSC); GoogleMaps “ ECUADOR: Napo Prov. / Misahualli / 7 January 1989 / coll: B. A. Baugh / mercury vapor light ” one male and one female ( UMRM); “ BOLIVIA: Santa Cruz, 3.7 km / SSE Buena Vista, Hotel Flora / & Fauna , 430 m; 5-15-XI-2001 / coll. M.C. Thomas & B. Dozier / tropical transition forest, BLT ” 17 males and eight females ( FSCA), eight males and nine females ( AFSC); “ BOLIVIA: Santa Cruz / 3.7 km SSE Buena Vista / Hotel Flora & Fauna / 17° 29.949’ S, 63° 33.152’ W // 406 m elev., blacklight trap / Tropical transition forest, 5-15-XI- 2001 / M.C. Thomas & B.K. Dozier ” two males and one female ( AFSC); GoogleMaps “ Sta. Cruz de / la Sierra, Bol. / 450 m. / J. Steinbach // Nov. / 1910 // C.M. / Acc. 4549” one male ( CMNH); “ Prov. del Sara / Bolivia, 450 m. / J. Steinbach // Carn. Mus. / Acc. 6443” three males and one female ( CMNH); “ BOLIVIA: Santa Cruz Buena / Vista vic. Flora & Fauna Hotel / 22-26-Oct-2002 / Morris / Wappes // STDC / UDCC00001 View Materials ” one male ( UDCC).

References

Distant, W. L. (1906 a) A synonymic catalogue of Homoptera. Part I. Cicadidae. Trustees of the British Museum, London, 207 pp.

Jacobi, A. (1951) Die Singzikaden. Titschack, Beitrage zur Fauna Perus, 2, 89 - 92.

Metcalf, Z. P. (1963) General catalogue of the Homoptera, Fascicle VIII. Cicadoidea. Part 2. Tibicinidae. North Carolina State College Contribution, 1564, i - vi, 1 - 492.

Pogue, M. G. (1996) Biodiversity of Cicadoidea (Homoptera) of Pakitza, Manu Reserved Zone and Tambopata Reserved Zone, Peru: A faunal comparison. In: D. E. Wilson, D. E. & Sandoval, A. (Eds.), Manu, the biodiversity of southeastern Peru. Smithsonian Institution, Editorial Horizonte, Lima, pp. 313 - 325.

Sanborn, A. F. (2013) Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea). With contributions to the bibliography by Martin H. Villet. Elsevier / Academic Press, San Diego, 1001 pp.

Sanborn, A. F. & Heath, M. S. (2014) The cicadas of Argentina with new records, a new genus and fifteen new species (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae). Zootaxa, 3883 (1), 1 - 94. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3883.1.1

Stal, C. (1862 b) Synonymiska och systematiska anteckningar ofver Hemiptera. Ofversigt af Svenska Vetenskaps Akademien Forhandlingar, 19, 479 - 504.

Walker, F. (1858) Supplement. List of the Specimens of Homopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. British Museum Trustees, London, 307 pp.

Abbreviations

UNSM	USA, Nebraska, Lincoln, University of Nebraska State Museum
UMRM	USA, Missouri, Columbia, University of Missouri, W.R. Enns Entomology Museum
FSCA	USA, Florida, Gainesville, Division of Plant Industry, Florida State Collection of Arthropods
CMNH	USA, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
UDCC	USA, Delaware, Newark, University of Delaware
UNSM	University of Nebraska State Museum
UMRM	W.R. Enns Entomology Museum
BLT	Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society
FSCA	Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomology
CMNH	The Cleveland Museum of Natural History
UDCC	University of Delaware