Description

REMARKS. Unique features of the male genitalia include claspers that form a drooping hook-like extension from the pygofer that is bent at an approximate right angle and the basal pygofer lobes are rounded with recurved spinous extensions. Taphura boulardi can be distinguished quickly by the five spots on the head. This species can be distinguished from T. hastifera and T. sauliensis by the lack of a piceous transverse band on the anterior abdominal tergites of these species. Taphura nitida lacks the spots on the anterior lateral angle of the pronotal collar and clawlike claspers found in T. attiguclava (Sanborn 2017 a).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Hemiptera

Family: Cicadidae

Genus: Taphura

Species: Taphura nitida (DeGeer, 1773)