Description

REMARKS. The holotype of Odopoea degiacomii Distant, 1912 was reported as originating in Santos, Brazil (Distant 1912). This specimen is clearly mislabeled as to where it was collected since the genus Odopoea Stål, 1861 is restricted to the central, insular Caribbean basin (Hispaniola and Jamaica) with related genera in Central America and the Andes in northwestern Argentina, southwestern Bolivia, and southeastern Peru (Sanborn 2019 a; 2020 a; 2020 c). Distant (1912) also compares O. degiacomii to a Haitian species, Odopoea strigipennis (Walker, 1858 a), in the description so classification in one of the related genera is impossible. Review of the male genitalia shows that O. degiacomii exhibits the morphology of Odopoea rather than the genera erected from the genus (Sanborn 2020 c). Therefore, Odopoea degiacomii is removed from the Brazilian cicada fauna with the type location most likely on Hispaniola rather than in Brazil.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Hemiptera

Family: Cicadidae

Genus: Odopoea

Species: Odopoea degiacomii Distant, 1912