Cicadidae Latreille 1802

Abstract

Key for species identification using exuviae <p> Species may be differentiated by the morphology of their exuviae (see Figs. 1, 4-10). Females of <i>M. aper</i> and <i>F. mannifera</i> present dubious characteristics and are not easy to distinguish them.</p> <p>1. Large or medium size, length 2.6 cm.............................. 2</p> <p>1’. Length 2,6 cm................................................................. 5</p> <p>2. Light beige coloration........................................................ 3</p> <p>2’. Dark beige/brown coloration............................................ 4</p> <p> 3. Light beige with white patches, male> 3.7 cm, female> 3.3 cm.................................................................. <i>Quesada gigas</i></p> <p> 3’. Normal beige with or without white patches; medium size, male: 3.1-3.8 cm, female: 3.0-3.4 cm; male developing genitalia longer than wider and without anterior barbs; profemoral intermediary tooth single or slightly undulated <i>....................................................... Fidicinoides determinata</i></p> <p> 4. Medium large (male: 3-3.7 cm; female: 2.9-3.5 cm), light gray sternites, generally with soil attached, male developing genitalia with two light protuberances..... <i>Majeorona aper</i></p> <p> 4’. Medium small (male: 2.7-3.3 cm; female: 2.5-3.3 cm), more intense coloration, more “glossy”, dark gray sternites; male developing genitalia with two proximate barbs; profemur darker coloration................................... <i>Fidicina mannifera</i></p> <p> 5. Length: 2.2-2.6 cm, light beige, white patches can be present, normal setae........................................... <i>Fidicinoides pronoe</i></p> <p>5’. Not as above....................................................................... 6</p> <p> 6. Length: 1.8-2.4 cm, whitish beige coloration, pilous body, larger and more abundant setae................... <i>Dorisiana</i> sp.</p> <p>6’. Normal light beige coloration, normal setae................... 7</p> <p> 7. Small (male: 1.6-2.1 cm), male developing genitalia with two barbs................................................... <i>Dorisiana viridis</i></p> <p> 7’. Very small (male <= 1.6 cm), male developing genitalia with two protuberances......................... <i>Dorisiana drewseni</i></p>Published as part of <i>Motta, Paulo César, 2003, Cicadas (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadidae) from Brasília (Brazil): exuviae of the last instar with key of the species, pp. 19-22 in Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 20 (1)</i> on pages 21-22, DOI: 10.1590/s0101-81752003000100005, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/8263965">http://zenodo.org/record/8263965</a&gt