Fidicina ethelae ( Goding, 1925 )

Sanborn, Allen F., 2019, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Bolivia including the descriptions of fifteen new species, the resurrection of one genus and two species, seven new combinations, six new synonymies, and twenty-eight new records, Zootaxa 4655 (1), pp. 1-104 : 12-13

Fidicina ethelae ( Goding, 1925) new record

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

REMARKS. Fidicina ethelae is generally larger than F. mannifera and F. christinae with a wingspan greater than 130 mm but is similar in size to F. robini Boulard & Martinelli, 1996 . The species can be distinguished further by the timbal cover of the male extending below the metascutellar plate, the male operculum being an approximate right triangle, the fore femora proximal and apical spines being angled with respect to the femoral axis, and the lateral branch of the uncus is recurved.

DISTRIBUTION. The species has been reported previously from Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela ( Metcalf 1963a; Sanborn 2013; 2014a; 2018c).

MATERIAL EXAMINED FOR NEW RECORD. “ Prov. del Sara / Bolivia, 450 m. / J. Steinbach ” // Carn. Mus. / Acc. 6443.” three males and three females ( CMNH); one male and three females ( AFSC); “ Prov. del Sara / Bol Steinbach ” / C. M. Acc. 5064” one male and one female ( CMNH); “ Prov. del Sara / Bol Steinbach ” / C. M. Acc. 5064 // Dec 1911 ” four males and one female ( CMNH); “ Prov. del Sara / Bol Steinbach ” / C. M. Acc. 5064 // Nov 1909 ” one male ( CMNH); “ Bolivia / S. Cruz / I–1994 / G. Tognon ” one female ( MSNG).