Diceroprocta bicosta (Walker, 1850)

Sanborn, Allen F. & Maes, Jean-Michel, 2012, Checklist of the cicadas (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Nicaragua including new records for seventeen species, Check List 8 (3), pp. 437-442 : 437

Diceroprocta bicosta (Walker, 1850)

(Subfamily Cicadinae , Tribe Cryptotympanini , Subtribe Cryptotympanaria )

Geographical distribution. Diceroprocta bicosta has previously been reported from Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Hondurasand Mexico ( Metcalf 1963a; Duffels and van der Laan 1985; Sanborn 2001a; 2006a; 2007a; 2010a).

Specimenexamined. NICARAGUA, Managua, Mateare, 29 – V – 1995, S, Jatropha curcas , col. C. Grimm, MEL/ MAES 446082 (1 male, MEL-LEON) ; León, 1 – VIII – 1988, B. Garcete, MEL/MAES 446090 (1 female, MEL-LEON); ibidem, R. Oulton, MEL/MAES 446089 (1 female, MEL-LEON); ibidem, T. Jovel, MEL/MAES 446087 (1 female, MEL-LEON); ibidem, Jean-Michel Maes, MEL/MAES 446086 (1 female, MEL-LEON); León, Rio Pochote, 1 – V – 1997, B. Garcete, MEL/MAES 446084 (1 male, MEL-LEON); ibidem, T. Jovel, MEL/MAES 446083 (1 male, MEL-LEON); León, Volcán Telica, 1 – VII – 1990, Jean-Michel Maes, MEL/MAES 446080 (1 male, MEL-LEON); Chinandea, Chichigalpa, Ingenio San Antonio, 1 – I – 2001, B. Garcete, MEL/MAES 446081 (1 male, MEL-LEON); Granada, Las Plazuelas, 11°46’16” N, 85°57’41” W, 24 – VI – 2011, Jean-Michel Maes, MEL/MAES 53310 (1 female, MEL-LEON); Rivas Dept., Cárdenas, Finca Isla Vista, 11°13’47” N, 85°33’04” W”, 8 – VII – 2010, Jean-Michel Maes, MEL/ MAES 53432-53433 (2 females, MEL-LEON).