Taphura nitida ( Degeer, 1773 )

Sanborn, Allen F., 2017, Generic redescription, seven new species and a key to the Taphura Stål, 1862 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadetttinae: Taphurini), Zootaxa 4324 (3), pp. 451-481 : 478

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.3.3
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scientific name	Taphura nitida ( Degeer, 1773 )
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Taphura nitida ( Degeer, 1773) View in CoL

Cicada nitida Degeer 1773: 220 View in CoL (type material in NHRS).

Cicada (Taphura) nitida Stål 1862a: 20 View in CoL .

Taphura nitida Distant 1906a: 138 View in CoL .

Type locality. Surinam.

Remarks. The claspers form a drooping hook-like extension extending out of the pygofer being bent at an approximate right angle. The basal pygofer lobes are rounded with recurved spinous extensions.

Distribution. The species is currently known from Surinam, Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru ( Metcalf 1963; Sanborn 2013). The distribution of the species is expanded here to included French Guiana.

Material examined for new records. “ FRENCH GUIANA / Trou-Poissons, Commune Sinnamary / 04-I- 2015 / Automatic Light Trap, Blue light, / Soc. Ent. Antilles-Guyane leg.” two males and one female ( AFSC).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
Family	Cicadidae
Genus	Taphura