Fidicinoides pronoe

Abstract

Fidicinoides pronoe (Walker, 1850) Cicada pronoe Walker, 1850: 144. (Unknown collection locality) Remarks. This species is smaller (body length less than 36 mm, wingspan about 85 mm) than F. picea. It can be further distinguished by the more slender body, narrower pronotal collar, male operculum that does not extend to sternite II, the uncal dorsal crest has an approximate right angled margin proximally, and the lateral branch of the uncus is extended and finger-like. The species calls at dawn, during the day and at dusk in Panama (Wolda 1993). Distribution. The species has been reported from Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Trinidad & Tobago, and Venezuela (Metcalf 1963a; Duffels & van der Laan 1985; Dorval et al. 2011; Maccagnan & Martinelli 2011; Sanborn & Maes 2012; Maes et al. 2012; Sanborn 2013; 2014). The species has been reported from Las Cumbres, 15 km north of Panama City in Panama (Wolda 1993), Las Cumbres, Province of Panama, 150 m altitude in secondary growth forest (Wolda & Ramos 1992), and Barro Colorado Island, Panama Canal Zone, 120 m altitude in lowland forest (Wolda & Ramos 1992) in Panama.Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F., 2018, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Panama including the description of six new species, three new combinations, one new synonymy, and nine new records, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 4493 (1) on page 22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4493.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/144516