Parnisa Stal 1862
- Dataset
- Eight new species and three new records of Neotropical cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from Venezuela
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Cicadidae
- genus
- Parnisa
discussion
Remarks. Species of Parnisa are characterized by five apical cells in the hind wings, ocelli that are well separated from the base of the head, and the distinct postcostal area of the fore wing (Distant 1906). The entire original generic description is based on structures of the fore wing (Stål 1862). The lateral surfaces of the pronotum are parallel for most of their length.
distribution
Distribution. Species of the genus have been reported previously from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela (Metcalf 1963 b; Sanborn 2013; Sanborn & Heath 2014) with the first record for Bolivia reported recently (Sanborn 2019 a).
type_taxon
Type species. Cicada (Parnisa) biplagiata Stål 1862: 21. (Brazil)
Name
- Synonyms
- Cicada (Parnisa) Stal 1862
- Homonyms
- Parnisa Stal 1862
- Cicada (Parnisa) Stal 1862
- Parnisa