Zammara smaragdula Walker 1858
Creators: name: Sanborn, Allen F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadidae
Zammara
Zammara smaragdula

description: Zammara smaragdula Walker, 1858b
Zammara smaragdula Walker 1858b: 4. (South America)
Remarks. This is other of the two small species of Zammara in Panama with a body length less than 30 mm. It can be distinguished from the other small species, Z. calochroma (and small females of Z. smaragdina), by the apical fore wing infuscation only in apical cell 1 and the absence of a large band of infuscation traversing the fore wings across the crossveins in Z. smaragdula (Goemans 2016).
Distribution. The species has been reported from Brazil, Costa Rica, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, and Panama (Metcalf 1963a; Duffels & van der Laan 1985; Maccagnan et al. 2011; Sanborn 2013; 2014; Goemans 2016). Goemans (2016) added Ecuador and Venezuela by showing specimens previously described as Z. calochroma were actually Z. smaragdula. It has been recorded from Barro Colorado Island (Bartholomew & Barnhart 1984; Goemans 2016), 12 km W of Chiriqui Grande in Bocas del Toro Province, Black Tank Rd. W of Gatun Locks, Coco Solo Hospital, Skunk Hollow, Skunk Hollow 6 mi NW Gatun Locks, Ft. Sherman area, Ft. Clayton, Canal Zone in Colon Province, Santiago in Veraguas Province, Las Cumbres, Arraijan, Cocoli, Panama City, Parque Nacional Soberania Pipeline Road km 2 W of Gamboa, Pipeline Rd K 1-12, 7- 11 km El Llano-Carti Rd., Pipeline Road Rio Frijoles, and 13 Km E Bayano Bridge, Pan American Highway (Goemans 2016) in Panama.
Material examined. “ PANAMA: Colon Prov. / Colon, mv & bl / 16 May 1991 / R. Turnbow ” one male (UGCA); “ PANAMA Pnm Prv / Pipeline Rd K1–12 / 8–9–VII–1997 / Wappes & Morris ” one female (UGCA); “Canal Zone / Pan. IX–12–1958 // Barro Colorado Isl. / Gatun Lake // Charles F. Harbison / Collector // SDNHM / COLLECTION / DATABASE / SDNHM094783 ” one male (SDMC); “Canal Zone / Pan. IX–12–1958 // Barro Colorado Isl. / Gatun Lake // Charles F. Harbison / Collector // SDNHM / COLLECTION / DATABASE / SDNHM094782 ” one male (SDMC); “ Las Cumbres / Panama Prov. R.P. / 25 Aug 1968 ” one male and one female (AFSC); “ PANAMA: CANAL ZONE / Gameda, up Pipeline / Rd., 5 km. 20–IX–1982 / D. Habeck, C. Bennett, / W. Flowers, Blacklight / & Mercury Vapor Light ” two males (AFSC); “ F6 Rd / CZ ” one male (AFSC); “ PANAMA: Panama / Parq. Nac. Soberaria / Pipeline Rd 2 km W Gamboa / VI-9–10-1993 / B. Ratcliffe & M. Jameson ” one male and one female (AFSC); “ Madden / Dam, C.Z. / 7 July 1972 ” one female (AFSC); “ PANAMA Gamboa / 9 August 1986 / C. Riley Nelson / malaise trap ” one male (AFSC); “ PANAMA Gamboa / 22 August 1986 / C. Riley Nelson / malaise trap ” one female (AFSC); “ Fort Clayton / Canal Zone / Sep. 10 1945 / R.H. Arnett / at light ” one male and one female (AFSC); “ PANAMA: Canal Zone / Barro Colorado Island / 22–27 July 2001 / J.V. McHugh, S. Suh & / M. Blackwell, at UV light ” one male (AFSC); “Chares R. CZ 9–20 1945 / George Ryan ” one male and one female (AFSC); “ PANAMÁ: Coclé, / El Valle, VI– / 10–13–1985 E. / Riley & D. Rider ” one female (AFSC); “ Panama C.Z. / Fort Kobbe / 10 Aug ’84 // Col. / H.P. Stockwell ” one male (AFSC); “ PANAMA: Colón Prov. / 2 km S Sabanitas / 26–27.vii.1999, el. 120 m / Taken at light / 9o 19’19”N 79o 47’54”W / A. Gillogly, J. Schaffner ” one female (AFSC); “Barro Colorado I / PANAMA / VII–28–1981 / RB & LS Kimsey ” one female (AFSC); “Barro Colorado I / PANAMA / VII–24–1981 / RB & LS Kimsey ” one female (AFSC); “Barro Colorado I / PANAMA / VI–22–1981 / RB & LS Kimsey ” one female (AFSC); “ PANAMA: Barro / Colorado Island / July, 2000 / Fred SaintOurs ” one male (AFSC); “Barro Colorado / Is., Canal Zone / 7–15–51 / M.J. & L.J. Milne ” one male (AFSC); “ PANAMA CANAL ZONE / Barro Colorado I. / 4 August 1977 / G.A. Bartholomew ” one male (AFSC); Panama, Bocas del Toro Prov., Corriente Grande, Corriente Grande, 9.2917 -82.5447, 16–Dec–79, Henk Wolda, STRI_ENT_ 0 0 0 0 436 (STRI); Panama, Canopy, 1–Jul–79, Broadhead, STRI_ENT_ 0 0 0 0 424 (STRI); Panama, Canopy, 1–Jul–79, Broadhead, STRI_ENT_ 0 0 0 0 425 (STRI).
description: Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F., 2018, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Panama including the description of six new species, three new combinations, one new synonymy, and nine new records, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 4493 (1) on page 11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4493.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1445162