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Abroma inaudibilis Boulard 1999

Description

Abroma inaudibilis Boulard, 1999

Abroma inaudibilis Boulard 1999: 103. (Between Isifte and Ivohibe, Andrigitra, Madagascar)

Remarks.—A small grayish brown species marked with piceous, body length 15–15.4 mm, wingspan 42–42.3 mm (Boulard 1999). The song is a constant buzz with a peak frequency of about 15 kHz (Boulard 1999; 2006b). The species is found in dense populations in the preforest prairies in southwestern Madagascar (Boulard 1999).

Distribution.—The species is known only from Madagascar (Sanborn 2013). Boulard (1999) reported the type series collected between Isifte and Ivohibe, Andrigitra, Madagascar.

Notes

Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F., 2021, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae) of Madagascar including a new tribe, five new genera, twelve new species, four new species synonymies, five revised species status, ten new combinations, new tribal assignments for four genera, one new subtribe synonymy, a checklist and key to the species, pp. 1-79 in Zootaxa 4937 (1) on page 37, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4937.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4559438

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Cicadidae
Genus
Abroma
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Boulard
Species
inaudibilis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Abroma inaudibilis Boulard, 1999 sec. Sanborn, 2021

References

  • Boulard, M. (1999) Postures de cymbalisation, cymbalisations et cartes d'identite acoustique des cigales 3. - Especes tropicales des savanes et milieux ouverts (Cicadoidea, Cicadidae et Tibicinidae). Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Travaux du Laboratoire Biologie et Evolution des Insectes Hemipteroidea, 11 / 12, 77 - 116.
  • Boulard, M. (2006 b) Facultes acoustiques, ethologie sonore des cigales, entomophonateurs par excellence. Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Travaux du Laboratoire Biologie et Evolution des Insectes Hemipteroidea, 16, 1 - 181.
  • Sanborn, A. F. (2013) Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea). With contributions to the bibliography by Martin H. Villet. Elsevier / Academic Press, San Diego, 1001 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / b 978 - 0 - 12 - 416647 - 9.00001 - 2