Cicadinae Latreille 1802
Creators: name: Sanborn, Allen F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadidae

description: KEY TO THE CICADAS OF MADAGASCAR
The key has been designed to be applicable to both sexes when the two sexes are known. Male specific structures are included as the males are most often collected. Keys of Distant (1906; 1912a), Boulard (1973), Moulds (2005), and Sanborn (2020) and descriptions of higher taxa in Marshall et al. (2018) and Sanborn et al. (2020) were used in the construction of the key. The structures used are exhibited by Madagascar species but may not apply to all species within the higher taxa.
1 Metanotum entirely concealed at dorsal midline, fore wing cubitus anterior 1 division such that proximal portion is longest, timbal covers present Cicadinae Latreille 1802 …........................................................... 2
- Metanotum partially concealed at dorsal midline, fore wing cubitus anterior 1 division such that proximal portion is shortest or fore wings reticulated, timbal covers absent or with a partial turned-back rim ….................................. 31
2 Body vertically compressed, pronotal collar with lateral margin strongly ampliate, head narrower than pronotum, fore leg primary spine adpressed to femur Platypleurini Schmidt 1918 ….................................................. 3
- Body not vertically compressed, pronotal collar with lateral margin not strongly ampliate, head narrower than pronotum, fore leg primary spine erect …............................................................................. 23
3 Head about as wide as or wider than mesonotum.......................................................... …4
- Head about two-thirds the width of mesonotum ….......................................................... 16
4 Fore wing costal margin not prominently dilated nor arched at base, lateral pronotum formed into spine-like extension Platypleura Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 ….................................... Platypleura spiculata Distant, 1905b
- Fore wing costal margin prominently dilated or arched at base, lateral pronotum without spine-like extension ….......... 5
5 Head not frontally produced with transverse posterior postclypeus, not as long as pronotum without pronotal collar Kongota Distant, 1904a …........................................................ Kongota handlirschi (Distant, 1897)
- Head frontally produced with posterior postclypeus anteriorly curved, about at long as pronotum without pronotal collar Yanga Distant, 1904a …..................................................................................... 6
6 Fore wings and hind wings hyaline.....................................................................… 7
- Fore wings and hind wings opaque …..................................................................... 8
7 Silver-gray marking on fore wing, male opercula rounded...................... … Y. argyrea (Melichar, 1896) rev. stat.
- No silver-gray marking on the fore wing, lateral male operculum margin obliquely rounded....................................................................................................… Yanga pulverea (Distant, 1882)
8 Hind wings ochraceous marked with piceous-brown or castaneous …............................................ 9
- Hind wings primarily piceous or piceous-brown …......................................................... 13
9 Hind wings piceous brown basally….............................................. Yanga bouvieri Distant, 1905b
- Hind piceous brown or castaneous distally..............................................................… 10
10 Hind wing apical cells 1–3 not completely piceous brown..................................................… 11
- Hind wings apical cells 1–3 completely piceous brown or castaneous.........................................… 12
11 Hind wing with central piceous brown spot and piceous brown distal apical cells...... … Yanga guttulata (Signoret, 1860)
- Hind wing piceous brown of light intensity forming a central spot, spots in distal apical cells and within anal cell 2 …............................................................................... Yanga grandidieri Distant, 1905b
12 Hind wing piceous brown restricted to distal apical cell 6, no piceous brown on hind wing margin or distal anal cell 2 ….............................................................................. Yanga andriana (Distant, 1899)
- Hind wing castaneous covering most of apical cell 6, piceous brown on hind wing margin and in distal anal cell 2 …................................................................................... Yanga mahajangaensis n. sp.
13 Hind wings piceous or piceous-brown with lighter areas in distal apical cells …............ Yanga antiopa (Karsch, 1890)
- Hind wings piceous with white margins or white apical area …................................................ 14
14 Hind wings piceous with white lateral and posterior margins …........................... Yanga heathi (Distant, 1899)
- Hind wings piceous basally with white apical areas …....................................................... 15
15 Hind wing piceous in medial cell incomplete along median vein, piceous in cubital cells, anal cells 1 and 2 incomplete distally, no piceous spots on distal apical cell veins...................................... … Yanga brancsiki (Distant, 1893)
- Hind wing piceous, white in distal apical cells, piceous spots on distal apical cell veins......… Yanga hova (Distant, 1901)
16 Fore wing costal membrane as broad or broader than costal area … Pycna Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 .......... …17
- Fore wing costal membrane much narrower than costal area … Umjaba Distant, 1904a ….......................... 22
17 Body length greater than 37 mm .............................................. … Pycna itremensis Boulard, 2008
- Body length less than 37 mm …........................................................................ 18
18 Wingspan less than 100 mm …......................................................................... 19
- Wingspan greater than 110 mm .......................................................................… 20
19 Pronotum width about 16 mm, anterior pronotal angles oblique, mesonotum unmarked, abdomen piceous with dorsal tergites 1–3 with hour-glass shaped fulvous mark, opercula broadly margined with piceous, external margin of the hind wings dark fuscous …............................................................ Pycna madagascarensis (Distant, 1879)
- Pronotum width about 14 mm, anterior pronotal angles almost rectangular, mesonotum with lateral fascia, abdominal tergites piceous, opercula lacking broad piceous margin, external margin of the hind wings piceous …. Pycna angusta (Butler, 1882)
20 Wingspan less than 120 mm, mesonotum with piceous spot on posterior lateral sigillae, scutal depression ground color................................................................... … Pycna strix Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
- Wingspan greater than 120 mm, mesonotum without piceous spot on posterior lateral sigillae or with piceous scutal depression…............................................................................................ 21
21 Wingspan about 122 mm, scutal depression ground color, timbal covers contrasting abdominal tergites, abdominal tergites not covered with dense pile …........................................................ Pycna gigas (Distant, 1881)
- Wingspan about 135 mm, scutal depression piceous, timbal covers same color as abdominal tergites, abdominal tergites covered with dense pile........................................................... …. Pycna rudis (Karsch, 1890)
22 Fore wing width about one-third fore wing length, rostrum reaching to anterior opercular margin ….............................................................................................. Umjaba alluaudi Distant, 1905b
- Fore wing width almost half fore wing length, rostrum reaching past anterior opercular margin ….............................................................................................. Umjaba evanescens (Butler, 1882)
23 Large species, body length 38–40 mm, wingspan 121–123 mm, hyaline fore wings with macular infuscation on fore wing radial and radiomedial crossveins and distal veins between apical cells, head with an elongated vertex, distance between eye and supra-antennal plate much longer than supra-antennal plate, aedeagus with one or two subapical cerci Macrotristriini Marshall & Moulds, 2018 Mouldspsaltria n. gen. ......................... Mouldspsaltria madegassa (Boulard, 1996) n. comb.
- Not as above Antankariini n. tribe ...................................................................... 24
24 Globular eyes angled dorsally slightly wider than anterior pronotum, anterior postclypeus not extending much beyond supraantennal plates, lateral supra-antennal plates extended anteriorly from vertex Antankaria Distant, 1904b ......................................................................................... Antankaria signoreti Metcalf, 1955
- Ovoid eyes not angled dorsally, wider than anterior pronotum, anterior postclypeus extended beyond supra-antennal plates forming a triangular anterior head, lateral supra-antennal plates not extended anteriorly from vertex Orientafroinsularis n. gen. ............................................................................................… 25
25 Wingspan greater than 95 mm ….............................. Orientafroinsularis martini (Distant, 1905b) n. comb.
- Wingspan less than 95 mm ….......................................................................... 26
26 Wingspan greater than 80 mm …............................... Orientafroinsularis matilei (Boulard, 2000) n. comb.
- Wingspan less than 80 mm ….......................................................................... 27
27 Wingspan less than 60 mm, song begins as a series of short syllables followed by a period of rapidly produced syllables of increasing intensity followed by a period of various amplitude modulation becoming separated into individual syllables with peak energy about 11 kHz, distributed over the western half of Madagascar ….......................................................................................... Orientafroinsularis pulverulenta (Distant, 1905b) n. comb.
- Wingspan greater than 60 mm .......................................................................... 28
28 Wingspan less than 70 mm ......................... … Orientafroinsularis elenae (Boulard, 2001) n. comb., rev. stat.
- Wingspan 70–80 mm ….............................................................................. 29
29 Fore wing radial and radiomedial crossveins infuscated ….......... Orientafroinsularis nigrans (Distant, 1904c) n. comb.
- Fore wing radial, radiomedial and medial crossveins infuscated …............................................. 30
30 Infuscation on distal fore wing veins between apical cells …........... Orientafroinsularis loici (Boulard, 2000) n. comb.
- No infuscation on distal fore wing veins between apical cells …....... Orientafroinsularis hova (Distant, 1905b) n. comb.
31 Pygofer distal shoulder undeveloped, pygofer upper lobe present, uncus absent of small and duck-bill shaped, retractable, claspers present, aedeagus restrained by claspers Cicadettinae Buckton, 1890 …...................................... 32
- Pygofer distal shoulder developed or undeveloped (in Hovana), pygofer upper lobe absent or present (in Hovana), uncus dominant, not retractable, of moderate to long length, claspers absent, aedeagus restrained before or below uncus Tettigomyiinae Distant, 1905e ….................................................................................... 46
32 Body length 10 mm or less, aedeagus without pseudoparameres or conjunctival claws, pygofer basal lobes more than half pygofer length, small upper pygofer lobes associated with basal lobes, claspers narrowing distally Nelcyndanini Marshall & Moulds, 2018 …............................................................................................ 33
- Body length greater than 10 mm, aedeagus with pseudoparameres or conjunctival claws, basal pygofer lobes not half the length of pygofer, upper pygofer lobes separate from basal lobes, may be elaborate …................................... 34
33 Hind wings with four apical cells ….................................. Nelcyndana madagascariensis Distant, 1905d
- Hind wings with five apical cells …........................................ Nelbroma betrokaensis n. gen., n. sp.,
34 Eyes not distinctly projecting beyond anterior pronotal angles, more or less subquadrate pronotum, claspers are usually not widely separated, aedeagus lacking conjunctival claws Parnisini Distant, 1905c .................................… 35
- Eyes distinctly projecting beyond anterior pronotal angles, rectangular prothorax, claspers are usually widely separated, aedeagus with conjuntival claws Lamotialnini Boulard, 1976 …................................................. 38
35 Small, greenish species (body length about 16 mm, wingspan about 44 mm) with an elongated, finger-like extension on anterior postclypeus, fore wings with seven apical cells, and fuscous marking in the distal fore wing apical cells and wing margin Rhinopsalta Melichar, 1908 …............................................... Rhinopsalta sicardi Melichar, 1908
- Species without elongated, finger-like extension on anterior postclypeus, fore wings with more than seven apical cells lacking fuscous distal markings …............................................................................ 36
36 Small, greenish species (body length about 16 mm, wingspan about 42 mm) with an extended anterior postclypeus, antennae prominent, head about as long as pronotum, posterior pronotal lateral margins angled posteriorly, fore wings with eight apical cells, male abdomen globose, male opercula short, apices of tibiae and tarsi red Jafuna Distant, 1912b ….......................................................................................... Jafuna melichari Distant, 1912b
- Not as above …..................................................................................... 37
37 Body length about 23 mm, fore wing length about 24.5 mm, dark brown species with dense silver pile on the dorsolateral abdomen, no infuscation on the distal fore wing veins between apical cells 1–3, large, domed abdominal sternite I, large, domed, curving opercula Crassisternalna Boulard, 1980a …......................... Crassisternalna pauliani Boulard, 1980a
- Body length about 12 mm, fore wing length about 17 mm, significant piceous pronotal markings, hyaline wings, carinate abdominal tergites..............................................… Timbaltransversa pronotosigillata n. gen., n. sp.
38 Fore wing radial crossvein distinctly angled to radius anterior 2 and radius posterior veins Trismarcha Karsch, 1891 …... 39
- Fore wing radial crossvein nearly perpendicular to radius anterior 2 and radius posterior veins Abroma Stål, 1866 .....… 41
39 Wingspan greater than 50 mm …............................................ Trismarcha sikorae (Distant, 1905d)
- Wingspan less than 50 mm ….......................................................................... 40
40 Wingspan greater than 40 mm, eyes wider than lateral angles of pronotal collar …...... Trismarcha voeltzlowi Jacobi, 1917
- Wingspan less than 40 mm, eyes not as wide as lateral angles of pronotal collar …............... Trismarcha parva n. sp.
41 Wingspan greater than 55 mm, contrasting green costal margin..................... … Abroma guerinii (Signoret, 1860)
- Wingspan less than 55 mm ….......................................................................... 42
42 Wingspan greater 50 mm …................................................. Abroma antandroyae Boulard, 2008
- Wingspan less than 50 mm ….......................................................................... 43
43 Wingspan greater than 40 mm ….............................................. Abroma inaudibilis Boulard, 1999
- Wingspan less than 40 mm ….......................................................................... 44
44 Body length 15.5 mm, wingspan 35–40 mm, abdomen covered with long golden pile, long silvery pile posterior to timbal cavity, posterior dorsolateral tergites 6 and 7 and all of tergite 8 …........................... Abroma minor Jacobi, 1917
- Body length less than 15 mm, wingspan less than 35 mm ….................................................. 45
45 Timbal with 12 ribs, male operculum covering anteromedial sternite II, head primarily piceous, lateral pronotum piceous, claspers terminating posteriorly with recurved point …................................. Abroma bezamahafalyensis n. sp.
- Timbal with 10 ribs, male operculum not reaching anteromedial sternite II, head with transverse piceous fascia, lateral pronotum castaneous, claspers with curved posterior terminus …................................... Abroma falcata n. sp.
46 Body leaf-like, fore wings reticulated, widely separated fore wing costal and radius & subcostal veins, mesonotum with triangular posterior extension of scutellum, proportionately wide pronotal collar, primary femoral spine adpressed to femur, opercula not covering tympanal cavity, tapering posterior abdominal sides, undeveloped pygofer distal shoulder, upper pygofer lobes present, uncus widening towards apex … Hovanini Sanborn, Marshall & Moulds, 2020 …. Hovana distanti (Brancsik, 1893)
- Body not leaf-like, fore wings not reticulated, fore wing costal and radius & subcostal veins not widely separated, mesonotum lacking triangular posterior extension of scutellum, pronotal collar of normal width, primary femoral spine elevated above femur, opercula covering tympanal cavity, parallel abdominal sides, development of the pygofer distal shoulder, lack of upper pygofer lobes, uncus not widening towards apex Malagasiini Marshall & Moulds, 2018 .......................... …47
47 Green species (may fade to ochraceous) with a head and pronotum forming a triangle, postclypeus inflated, head longer than pronotum, fore wing basal cell about six times longer than wide, hind wings with five apical cells, small triangular opercula Cephalalna Boulard, 2006a ….......................................................................... 48
- Body not as above …................................................................................. 49
48 Small species (male body length about 15.5 mm, female body length about 17.75 mm, wingspan 33-40 mm), fore wing basal cell length about six times width, ventral postclypeus with obtuse angle in lateral view, known from northern Madagascar …................................................................. Cephalalna francimontanum Boulard, 2006a
- Larger species (male body length about 19.4 mm, female body length about 18.5 mm, wingspan 51-57 mm), fore wing basal cell length about five times width, ventral postclypeus smoothly curved in lateral view, known from southern Madagascar ............................................................................ … Cephalalna tulearensis n. sp.
49 Opercula absent Anopercalna Boulard, 2008 …............................................................ 50
- Opercula present ….................................................................................. 54
50 Large green species, body length greater than 38 mm, wingspan greater than 75 mm … Anopercalna vadoni (Boulard, 1980b)
- Smaller species, variably colored, body length less than 38 mm, wingspan less than 75 mm …...................... 51
51 Small green species with transverse piceous fascia on head, body length 17–18 mm, wingspan 54–60 mm …................................................................................. Anopercalna virescens (Distant, 1905d)
- Not as above …..................................................................................... 52
52 Small greenish-brown species with red on the dorsal head and costal margin, body length 17.5 mm, wingspan 51 mm ............................................................................ … Anopercalna viettii Boulard, 2008,
- Not as above …..................................................................................... 53
53 Tawny species marked with piceous, incomplete transverse fascia on head, median ocellus not surrounded by piceous, mesothorax with significant marking, body length 16 mm, wingspan 44–56 mm … Anopercalna distanti (Karsch, 1890)
- Brownish-yellow species marked with piceous spots and fascia, complete transverse fascia on head, median ocellus surrounded by piceous, mesothorax lacks significant marking, body length 15 mm, wingspan 45–47 mm ................................................................................................ Anopercalna distanti (Karsch, 1890)
54 Small (body length 15–17 mm, wingspan 42–53 mm) olivaceous green species with head and thorax striped with piceous, posterolateral operculum straight, angled mediad, medial operculum smoothly curved, distal shoulder of pygofer a finger-like extension Ligymolpa Karsch, 1890 …........................................ Ligymolpa madegassa Karsch, 1890
- Not as above …..................................................................................... 55
55 Eyes globular, angled anteriorly, infuscation on all fore wing crossveins and distal veins between apical cells Viettealna Boulard, 1980a …........................................................... Viettelana griveaudi Boulard, 1980a
- Not as above.....................................................................................… 56
56 Body length about 21 mm, fore wing length about 28 mm, a black and green species with significant pile, head and prothorax approximately triangular, infuscation on the distal fore wing veins between apical cells 1–3, abdominal sternite I of normal appearance, short opercula not covering tympanal cavity Malgotilia Boulard, 1980b ….... Malgotilia sogai Boulard, 1980b
- Not as above.....................................................................................… 57
57 Postclypeus extended anteriorly beyond supra-antennal plates, fore wing medial cell bent …........................................................................................... Deremeces andringitraensis n. gen., n. sp.
- Not as above …..................................................................................... 58
58 Anterior head margin truncated not extending beyond anterior supra-antennal plates, male abdomen tapering posteriorly, and small cruciform elevation Malgachialna Boulard, 1980b ….................................................. 59
- Anterior head margin extending anteriorly beyond supra-antennal plates, male abdomen cylindrical, cruciform elevation of normal size Malagasia Distant, 1882 .................................................................... 60
59 Small, body length about 15 mm, wingspan about 45.5 mm, tawny species with red fore wing costal margin........................................................................................ Malgachialna rubracosta n. sp.
- Body length about 24.5 mm, wingspan about 65 mm, tawny with reddish head and hind wing venation..................................................................................... Malgachialna noualhieri Boulard, 1980b
60 Small, body length about 20 mm, wingspan about 53 mm, green species with red ankles.... Malagasia rubrastragala n. sp.
- Not as above....................................................................................... 61
61 Small, body length about 15 mm, wingspan about 45.5 mm, tawny species with red fore wing costal margin........................................................................................ Malagasia italivianaensis n. sp.
- Not as above....................................................................................... 62
62 Large species, body length about 40–42 mm, wingspan about 98–108 mm, male abdomen inflated................................................................................................ Malagasia inflata Distant, 1882
- Body length less than 38 mm, wingspan less than 90 mm .................................................... 63
63 Large tawny and piceous species, wingspan about 84 mm ................................. Malagasia argentea n. sp.
- Wingspan less than 75 mm ............................................................................. 64
64 Wingspan greater than 68 mm, posterior and medial opercular margins forming an approximate right angle, male abdomen not inflated, lateral male abdomen parallel......................................... Malagasia aperta (Signoret, 1860)
- Wingspan less than 68 mm, posteromedial margin curved, male abdomen inflated, lateral male abdomen expanding to segment 4....................................................................... Malagasia mariae Boulard, 1980b
description: Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F., 2021, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae) of Madagascar including a new tribe, five new genera, twelve new species, four new species synonymies, five revised species status, ten new combinations, new tribal assignments for four genera, one new subtribe synonymy, a checklist and key to the species, pp. 1-79 in Zootaxa 4937 (1) on pages 72-75, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4937.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4559438