Fidicinoides 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 : 39-40

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5497.1.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13618166
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scientific name	Fidicinoides Boulard & Martinelli, 1996
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Genus Fidicinoides Boulard & Martinelli, 1996 View in CoL

Fidicinoides Boulard & Martinelli 1996: 44 View in CoL View Cited Treatment .

Type species. Fidicina picea Walker 1850: 81 View in CoL ( Mexico).

Diagnosis. Species of the genus Fidicinoides are characterized by short and narrow lateral metascutellar plates that do not reach the timbal covers, timbal covers that do not cover the timbal cavities completely so the timbals are exposed dorsolaterally, the head is not very prominent but noticeably wider than the mesonotum, and a wide and flattened cruciform elevation with the posterior arms smoothly transitioning laterally with lateral cruciform elevation ( Boulard & Martinelli 1996; Santos et al. 2010).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
Family	Cicadidae
SubFamily	Cicadinae
Tribe	Fidicinini
SubTribe	Fidicinina