Fidicinoides besti Boulard & Martinelli 1996

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<i>Fidicinoides besti</i> Boulard & Martinelli, 1996new record <p> <i>Fidicinoides besti</i> Boulard & Martinelli 1996: 59. (Lago Amaná, Amazonas, Brazil)</p> <p> REMARKS.—A small species of <i>Fidicinoides</i> (body lengths about 30–32 mm, wingspan about 96) with infuscation restricted to the radial and radiomedial crossveins of the fore wings. The most similar Ecuadorian species of <i>Fidicinoides</i> is <i>F. brunnea</i> Boulard & Martinelli, 1996 but it can be distinguished by the infuscation along the ambient vein of the wings and the lateral branch of the uncus being about as thick as the dorsal crest of the uncus rather than being about half the thickness of the dorsal crest as it is in <i>F. besti</i>. The infuscation in the wings distinguishes it from <i>F. picea</i> (Walker, 1850), <i>F. pronoe</i> (Walker, 1850) and <i>F. ptychodiropeda</i> Sanborn 2020b. Infuscation on the ambient vein distinguishes <i>F. descampsi</i> Boulard & Martinelli, 1996 and <i>F. poulaini</i> Boulard & Martinelli, 1996 from this species.</p> <p>DISTRIBUTION.—The species has been reported previously from Brazil and Venezuela (Sanborn 2013). The first record for Colombia is provided to generate a more complete representation of the distribution of the species as the specimen was unavailable when the faunal analysis of that country was produced (Sanborn 2010b).</p> <p>MATERIAL EXAMINED FOR NEW RECORD.— “ ECUADOR: Napo Prov. / Estación Cientifica Yasuní / 00º 40’28” S, 76º 38’50” W / IX–5–10–1999, UV light / Coll. E.G. Riley, 215 m.” five males (TAMU), three males (AFSC).</p> <p>MATERIAL EXAMINED FOR NEW RECORD FOR COLOMBIA.— “ COLOMBIA: / Leticia, Amazonas / 2–20 Mar. 1974 / coll. T.W. Taylor ” one male (LACM).</p>Published as part of <i>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, pp. 1-80 in Zootaxa 4880 (1)</i> on pages 19-20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4880.1.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/4425522">http://zenodo.org/record/4425522</a&gt