Carineta ecuatoriana Goding, 1925

Sanborn, Allen F., 2020, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Ecuador including the description of five new species, a new subtribe, four new synonymies, and fifteen new records, Zootaxa 4880 (1), pp. 1-80 : 53

Carineta ecuatoriana Goding, 1925

Carineta ecuatoriana Goding 1925: 31 . (Surula, near Macas, Ecuador)

REMARKS.—Another species with infuscation on the distal margin of the fore wing. It differs from C. boliviana in the infuscation is restricted to the fore wing and hind wing marginal area distal to apical cells 1–3, the longitudinal infuscation in the apical cells is restricted to the distal apical cells, and are found on the entire marginal area of both the fore and hind wings. The mesothoracic markings are reduced in comparison to C. boliviana and C. ecuatoriana possess dense pile. This species is also similar in general appearance to C. strigilifera Boulard, 1986b and C. tiarata n. sp. but can be distinguished quickly by the infuscation pattern of the outer wing margins.

DISTRIBUTION.—The species has been reported only from Ecuador ( Metcalf 1963c) with recent records reported for Peru ( Sanborn 2020b). Goding (1925) reported the species from Surula, Morona Santiago province. Berger (2001) reported specimens from the Estacion Cientifica San Francisco, Zamora-Chinchipe Province.

MATERIAL EXAMINED.— “ ECUADOR: Chinchipe / Rio Bombuscro / 4.12ºS, 78.98ºW / 26.vi.–4.vii.1996 / P. Hibbs MT ” one female ( LACM); “Ecuador: Prov. Zamora-Chinchipe / Estacion Cientifica San Francisco , / circa Sabanilla , camino al / canal x Quebrada 4 / 20.XI.1999 1900 mN.N. / leg. Dirk Berger ” one male ( ZMHB) , one male ( AFSC).