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December 26, 2018

Dorisiana amoena (Distant, 1899)

Filed under: Costa Rica | Dorisiana | Fidicinini | Rhynchota | W. L. Distant — Dan @ 1:01 am

Dorisiana amoena (Distant, 1899) is a cicada found in Costa Rica.

Dorisiana amoena was formerly named Fidicina amoena. It moved from the Fidicina Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 genus to the Dorisiana Metcalf, 1952 genus.

Scientific classification:
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadinae
Tribe: Fidicinini
SubTribe: Guyalnina
Genus: Dorisiana
Species: Dorisiana amoena (Distant, 1899)

Dorisiana amoena (Distant, 1899)
This image says Fidicina amoena, but the newest name of this cicada is Dorisiana amoena.

References:

  1. 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.
  2. Species name verification comes from Allen Sanborn’s Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha).

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