Description

REMARKS. Syntypes are in the BMNH. The species can be distinguished from all but S. ahyetios and S. subolivacea by the lack of infuscation on the apex of the fore wing. This species is slightly larger (body length about 21 – 22 mm, wing span about 55 - 67 mm vs. 18.5 – 19.5 mm and 52.5 – 53.5 mm in S. ahyetios) with the dorsal head mostly piceous rather than marked with piceous, general body coloration tawny rather than ochraceous, abdominal tergites testaceous rather than fuscous, and basal area of the wings red rather than grayish and piceous. The Brazilian S. subolivacea can be distinguished by its greenish tawny body marked with light fuscous-piceous markings, the greenish rather than the orange basal areas of the wings, the piceous markings around the ocelli do not fuse to a single spot, the lateral part of the pronotal collar is visible from the dorsal side, and the larger body size of this species (body length 27 mm, wing span 78 mm). Although the body length of the female is only slightly longer than the male, the female wing span (67 mm) is noticeably greater than that of the male (57 mm).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Hemiptera

Family: Cicadidae

Genus: Selymbria

Species: Selymbria pandora Distant, 1911