Carineta Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843

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 : 53

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5497.1.2
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scientific name	Carineta Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
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Genus Carineta Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 View in CoL

Carineta Amyot & Audinet-Serville 1843: 482 View in CoL .

Type species. Cicada formosa Germar 1830: 45 View in CoL ( Brazil) .

Diagnosis. Characteristics of the genus include a head narrower than the mesonotum, a frons as long as or slightly longer than the vertex, a pronotum that is considerably shorter than the mesonotum, and the fore wing width about one-third the fore wing length ( Distant 1906). It is the New World genus with the greatest known alpha diversity that continues to increase with recent studies ( Sanborn 2018; 2019a, b; 2020a, b, c, e). The genus is in need of a comprehensive review. With the reassignment of the Martinique species to the genus Herrera Distant, 1905b below, the genus is currently only represented in Trinidad within the Lesser Antilles ( Sanborn 2020a).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
Family	Cicadidae
SubFamily	Cicadettinae
Tribe	Carinetini