Dorachosa explicta Distant, 1892, is a cicada found in Panama.
Slight name change, could be just a grammar issue, Dorachosa explicata changed to Dorachosa explicta.
Scientific classification:
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadettinae
Tribe: Taphurini
SubTribe: Taphurina
Genus: Dorachosa
Species: Dorachosa explicta Distant, 1892
References:
- The illustration comes from Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Rhynchota. Hemiptera-Homoptera. Vol. 1. By W. L. Distant F.E.S. and The Rev. Canon W. W. Fowler, F.L.S. (1881-1905). Read it on the Biodiversity Heritage Library website.
- Species name verification comes from Allen Sanborn’s Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha).
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Btw the subfamily is Cicadettinae, didn’t notice that before.
Thanks Dave. It’s fixed.
This might just be a typo in the 2013 catalogue.