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Taphura attiguclava Sanborn 2017

Description

Taphura attiguclava Sanborn, 2017a

Taphura hastifera (non Walker) Pogue 1996: 317, Table 2.

Taphura attiguclava Sanborn 2017a: 453. (Tambopata Research Zone, Tambopata Research Center on Rio Tambopata, S13 08.305 W69 36.502, 622 ft, Madre de Dios, Peru)

REMARKS. The unique shape of the male genitalia quickly separates male specimens of Taphura. Taphura attiguclava can be distinguished from T. hastifera (Walker, 1858a) and T. sauliensis Boulard, 1971 by the presence of a transverse piceous mark on the anterior side abdominal tergites that is lacking in this species. Taphura boulardi Sanborn, 2011a can be distinguished quickly by the five spots on the head. Finally, T. nitida (Degeer, 1773) lacks the spots on the anterior pronotal collar lateral angle that are found in T. attiguclava and have drooping claspers rather than the claw-like claspers of this species. The claspers of T. attiguclava are similar to those of T. hastifera but the claspers in T. attiguclava adjoin at the base and only diverge distally while the claspers do not adjoin along the midline in T. hastifera (Sanborn 2017a).

DISTRIBUTION. The species has been reported only from Peru (Sanborn 2017a). The specimens of T. hastifera from Tambopata in Pogue (1996) are considered examples of T. attiguclava (Sanborn 2017a).

MATERIAL EXAMINED . “ PERU: Madre de Dios / Tambopata Res. Zone / Tambopata Research / Cntr on Rio Tambopata // S13 08.305 W69 36.502 / 622 ft (3–7)- X-2004 / CRBartlett ” one male (USNM, holotype), two males and three females (UDCC, paratypes), two males and three females (AFSC, paratypes); “ PERU: Madre de Dios / nr Puerto Maldonado / Posadas Amazonas // S12 48.115 W69 18.019 / 609ft (30-IX)–(3-X)-2004 / C R Bartlett ” five males and four females (UDCC, paratypes), two males and one female (AFSC, paratypes); “ PERU: Madre de Dios / nr Puerto Maldonado / Posadas Amazonas / lodge@Rio Tambopata // S12 48.115 W69 18.019 / 609ft (7–10)- X-2004 / C R Bartlett ” two males and one female (UDCC, paratypes), two males and one female (AFSC, paratypes); “ PERU: Madre de Dios / Tambopata Res. Zone / Tambopata Research / Cntr on Rio Tambopata // S13 08.305 W69 36.502 / 622 ft (7–10)- X-2004 / C R Bartlett ” one male (AFSC, paratype); “ PERU: Madre de Dios / nr Puerto Maldonado / Explorer’s Inn // 22 Aug 1985 / J. F. Cornell ” one male (UDCC, paratype); “ PERU Madre de Dios / Rio Tambopata Res. / 30 km (air) SW Puerto / Maldonado 290m 20–31 / - X-1982 R. Wilkerson ” one female (FSCA, paratype).

Notes

Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F., 2020, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Peru including the description of twenty-four new species, three new synonymies, and thirty-seven new records, pp. 1-129 in Zootaxa 4785 (1) on page 51, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4785.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3862255

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Biodiversity

Collection code
AFSC , FSCA , UDCC , UDCC, AFSC , USNM
Event date
1982-10-20 , 1985-08-22 , 2004-09-30 , 2004-10-03 , 2004-10-07
Family
Cicadidae
Genus
Taphura
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Sanborn
Species
attiguclava
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , paratype
Verbatim event date
1982-10-20/31 , 1985-08-22 , 2004-09-30/10-03 , 2004-10-03/07 , 2004-10-07/10
Taxonomic concept label
Taphura attiguclava Sanborn, 2017 sec. Sanborn, 2020

References

  • Sanborn, A. F. (2017 a) Generic redescription, seven new species and a key to the Taphura Stal, 1862 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae: Taphurini). Zootaxa, 4324 (3), 451 - 481. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4324.3.3
  • Pogue, M. G. (1996) Biodiversity of Cicadoidea (Homoptera) of Pakitza, Manu Reserved Zone and Tambopata Reserved Zone, Peru: A faunal comparison. In: Wilson, D. E. & Sandoval, A. (Eds.), Manu, the biodiversity of southeastern Peru. Smithsonian Institution, Editorial Horizonte, Lima, pp. 313 - 325. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / s 0266467498260391
  • Walker, F. (1858 a) List of the specimens of Homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Supplement. British Museum Trustees, London, 307 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 9063
  • Boulard, M. (1971) Cicadidae et Tibicinidae (Homoptera) recoltes en Guyane par la Mission du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Annals de la Societe Entomoloqigue de France, New Series, 7, 685 - 693.
  • Sanborn, A. F. (2011 a) Checklist of the cicadas of French Guiana including new records and the description of nine new species (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadoidea, Cicadidae). Zoosystema, 33, 377 - 418. https: // doi. org / 10.5252 / z 2011 n 3 a 6