Fidicinoides descampsi Boulard & Martinelli, 1996

Sanborn, Allen F., 2024, The cicada (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) fauna of the Lesser Antilles sensu lato with the description of two new species, two new combinations, and a key to species, Zootaxa 5497 (1), pp. 33-69 : 40

Fidicinoides descampsi Boulard & Martinelli, 1996

Fidicinoides descampsi Boulard & Martinelli 1996: 69 (San José del Guaviare, Vaupés Department, Colombia).

Diagnosis. The infuscation connecting all crossveins and proximal apical cells and dark infuscation on the ambient vein and distal apical cell veins quickly distinguishes this species from others in the fauna. The only other recorded species of the genus in the Lesser Antilles, Fidicinoides pronoe ( Walker, 1850) , lacks infuscation in the fore wing. The wingspan of Fidicinoides descampsi (about 115 mm) is also noticeably greater than Fidicinoides pronoe (about 85 mm).

Distribution. The species has been reported from Colombia ( Sanborn 2013) with recent records expanding the distribution to include Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, and Trinidad ( Sanborn 2019a; 2020a, b, c). It is currently only known from Trinidad in the Lesser Antilles.

Material examined. “ TRINIDAD: St. George Co. / Arima Ward, Morne Bleu / Rd. Relay Sta. , 11– / VI–1977 / R. E. Woodruff / J. Boos, at light” one female ( FSCA); “ Maracas Bay / Trinidad / VII–12–1968 / Julius Boos // E.N. Kellesvig-Waering / Collection” one male ( FSCA); “ Petit Valley / TRINIDAD / Station No. 1 / 10 June 1970 ” one female ( FSCA); “ TRINIDAD: St. George Co. / St. Ann’s Ward , Mile 6.25 / N. Coast Rd., 10–VI–77 / R.E. Woodruff, J. Boos / snake carrion traps ” one female ( AFSC). “ TRINIDAD / St. Andrew’s Trace / above (north) Arima / VII–26–80: M.A. McAuley // LSAM / 0300539 ” one male ( LSAM) .