taxonID	type	description	language	source
03E787F8FFBAFFEE1CF8FE926664FAF3.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Cicada leucoptera Germar, 1830: 39. (Cape of Good Hope, South Africa) (type is deposited in the Zoological Museum, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Shydlovskyy and Holovachov 2005) and can be viewed on-line at http: // zoomus. lviv. ua / GERMAR / ZM 3844 web. htm). Species included. The genus is represented currently by A. leucoptera (Germar, 1830) n. comb., A. cadisia (Walker, 1850) n. comb., A. aethiopica (Distant, 1905) n. comb., A. limitata (Walker, 1852) n. comb., A. luteofasciata n. gen., n. sp., and A. mimica (Distant, 1907) n. comb. We include A. aethiopica (Distant, 1905) n. comb. even though it branches off before the clade containing Buyisa Distant, 1907 and the remaining species that we are reassigning to Afromelampsalta n. gen. (Marshall et al. 2015 a). Without specimens available for examination, it is impossible for us to erect a new genus for the taxon but the species does not belong in Melampsalta (Marshall et al. 2015 a). The varieties M. leucoptera var. a Stål, 1866, M. leucoptera var. b Stål, 1866 are unavailable following Article 11.9.1, where a name must include at least two letters (ICZN 1999). Stål (1866) separated the two varieties based on the degree of infuscation in the fore wing. We consider these differences to be part of the natural variability in the infuscation patterns of A. leucoptera n. comb. so that these proposed varieties would be considered synonyms of A. leucoptera n. comb. if they were available.	en	Sanborn, Allen F., Villet, Martin H. (2020): Afromelampsalta, a new genus, a new species, and five new combinations of African cicadettine cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae). Zootaxa 4731 (4): 531-542, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4731.4.6
03E787F8FFBAFFEE1CF8FE926664FAF3.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name is a combination Afro- for the region where the genus is distributed and - melampsalta for the previous generic assignment for the majority of species, which was originally derived from the Greek μέλας (black) and ψαλτής (a chanter) (Kolenati 1857). The genus is feminine.	en	Sanborn, Allen F., Villet, Martin H. (2020): Afromelampsalta, a new genus, a new species, and five new combinations of African cicadettine cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae). Zootaxa 4731 (4): 531-542, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4731.4.6
03E787F8FFBAFFEE1CF8FE926664FAF3.taxon	description	Description. Small to medium-sized cicada (12 – 21 mm body length). Head about as wide as mesonotum, eyes wider than anterior pronotal collar but not as wide as pronotal collar lateral angle, vertex at area of ocelli not as long as frons, supra-antennal plate forming anterior indentation with junction to postclypeus, postclypeus slightly wider than supra-antennal plate, postclypeus inflated, semicircular when viewed from dorsal side, without central sulcus, rostrum reaching coxae or trochanters of middle legs. Pronotum shorter than mesonotum, trapezoidal with anterior margin narrower than lateral margins of pronotal collar, lateral angles of pronotal collar expanded and lobate, lateral part of pronotal collar bent ventrally, mesonotum not covering dorsal metanotum, metanotum extends laterally beyond wing groove, cruciform elevation smoothly arched posteriorly. Fore wings and hind wing hyaline, except fore wings of leucoptera which are bronzed and infuscated along veins, basal cell longer than broad, fore wings and hind wing with eight and six apical cells respectively, fore wing apical cell 2 beyond abdomen apex when fore wing at rest, fore wing apical and ulnar cells about the same length, fore wings more than twice as long as broad. Fore wing cubitus anterior straight, length of the fused median and cubitus anterior veins extending from the arculus shorter than length of basal cell, radius anterior and radius posterior arise from nearly the same point of node, radial crossvein short causing radius anterior 2 and radius posterior to approach one another before diverging to ambient vein, radiomedial crossvein curved. Fore femora with three prominent, parallel, angled spines, primary spine longest, secondary spine intermediate in length, and tertiary spine shortest with a base about as broad as spine is long and small apical spine extending from base of tertiary spine, tarsi three-segmented, meracanthi tapering to a point, barely extending over anterior or not reaching operculum, female meracanthi of similar shape to conspecific male, extending almost to anterior margin of female operculum. Male opercula with rounded or partially straight posterior margin, covering tympanal cavity extending to sternite II or III, lateral margin reflexed to base of timbal, opercula separated along midline, female operculum variably developed, even within a species, with lateral and posterior margins weakly to moderately curved, extending medially only half way to medial base of meracanthus. Abdomen longer than distance between apex of head and posterior of cruciform elevation, expanding laterally to tergite 4 where abdomen begins narrowing posteriorly to genitalia, lateral margins straight, male sternites partly translucent, epipleurites folded toward dorsal surface to varying degrees producing a slight depression on lateral margins of the male abdomen but not a deep channel. Timbal cover absent, timbal completely exposed, not extending below wing bases, tympana concealed by opercula. Male sternite VIII U-shaped when viewed from posterior. Female sternite VII with weakly conven lateroposterior margin either side of a wide, deep medial notch. Pygofer distal shoulder not developed, dorsal beak present, triangular or arching, pygofer upper lobe small and undeveloped, pygofer basal lobe elongated, flattened, adpressed to pygofer, uncus lobe short, tapering distally, claspers well developed, male aedeagus a simple tubular structure restrained by claspers. Female abdominal segment 9 with small dorsal beak present (e. g. A. leucoptera n. comb.) or absent (e. g. A. mimica n. comb.) and semicircular posterior margin around anal styles, ovipositor sheath extends well beyond anal styles. Spermatids were described by Chawanji et al. (2006); eggs are unknown. Measurements (mm). Length of body: 12.0 – 21.0; length of fore wing: 13.0 – 18.5; width of fore wing: 5.9 – 8.5; length of head: 1.0 – 2.1; width of head including eyes: 4.1 – 4.7; width of pronotum including suprahumeral plates: 4.7 – 5.2; width of mesonotum: 4.0 – 5.0.	en	Sanborn, Allen F., Villet, Martin H. (2020): Afromelampsalta, a new genus, a new species, and five new combinations of African cicadettine cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae). Zootaxa 4731 (4): 531-542, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4731.4.6
03E787F8FFBAFFEE1CF8FE926664FAF3.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The new genus differs from Melampsalta in the three large spines and a small apical spine on the fore femora rather than the two large spines and a small apical spines found in Melampsalta, the fore wing cubitus anterior is straight rather than arching, and the postclypeus is about as wide as the supra-antennal plate rather than twice as wide as the supra-antennal plate as described by Kolenati (1857) as characteristic for Melampsalta. Dlabola (1963) described the length of the fused median and cubitus anterior veins extending from the arculus as being greater than the length of the basal cell in Melampsalta but this length is shorter in the new genus. The radius anterior and radius posterior arise from nearly the same point of the node in the new species similar to species of Tettigetta Kolenati, 1857 but arise from distinctly separate points of the node in Melampsalta (Mozaffarian and Sanborn 2016). Myers (1929) describes Melampsalta possessing apical cells that are shorter than the ulnar cells in the fore wing. Myers (1929) worked primarily with New Zealand species no longer assigned to Melampsalta, but Kolenati (1857) and Mozaffarian and Sanborn (2016) illustrate this character in the fore wing of the type species of Melampsalta. The apical and ulnar cells are about the same length in the new genus. Male sternite VIII is V-shaped, the dorsal beak is spine-like, and the uncus is longer and curved in Melampsalta. All African Cicadettini genera are part of the same clade (Marshall et al. 2015 a; 2015 b). Afromelampsalta n. gen. can be distinguished from Buyisa Distant, 1907 and Stellenboschia Distant, 1920 by the five apical cells in the hind wings of these genera. Species of Afromelampsalta n. gen. can be distinguished from species of Buyisa by the seven apical cells in the fore wing of that genus and from the species of Stellenboschia by the fore wing radial cell being is half as wide as it is long and the fore wing width is half the length of the fore wings. Pinheya Dlabola, 1963 can be distinguished by the infuscation in the wings, the visible crossvein along the nodal line and the flattened postclypeus when viewed from the side, all of which are lacking in the new genus.	en	Sanborn, Allen F., Villet, Martin H. (2020): Afromelampsalta, a new genus, a new species, and five new combinations of African cicadettine cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae). Zootaxa 4731 (4): 531-542, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4731.4.6
03E787F8FFBAFFEE1CF8FE926664FAF3.taxon	distribution	Distribution. The species of the genus primarily are restricted to South Africa (Metcalf 1963; Duffels and van der Laan 1985; Sanborn 2013). The type locality of A. aethiopica n. comb. is Zomba, British East Africa (Distant 1905) that is now a part of Malawi and represents the northernmost limit of the known range for the genus.	en	Sanborn, Allen F., Villet, Martin H. (2020): Afromelampsalta, a new genus, a new species, and five new combinations of African cicadettine cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae). Zootaxa 4731 (4): 531-542, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4731.4.6
03E787F8FFBBFFEA1CF8FA5A6150FD33.taxon	description	(Figs. 2 – 3)	en	Sanborn, Allen F., Villet, Martin H. (2020): Afromelampsalta, a new genus, a new species, and five new combinations of African cicadettine cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae). Zootaxa 4731 (4): 531-542, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4731.4.6
03E787F8FFBBFFEA1CF8FA5A6150FD33.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype. “ SOUTH AFRICA: Grahamstown / EC RSA / 33 º 19 ’ 14 ” S 26 º 30 ’ 28 ” E / 28 Dec 2001 / A. SANBORN // in Themeda grassland ” male (AMGS). Paratypes. “ SOUTH AFRICA E. Cape Prov. / Grahamstown / 33 º 19.24 S 26 º 30.47 E / 28 Dec 2001 / A. Sanborn, coll. ” seven males (AFSC); “ SOUTH AFRICA E. Cape Prov. / Grahamstown / 33 º 19.24 S 26 º 30.47 E / 28 Dec 2001 / P. Phillips, coll. ” three males (AFSC); “ SOUTH AFRICA E. Cape Prov. / Grahamstown / 33 º 19.24 S 26 º 30.47 E / 28 Dec 2001 / A. Sanborn, coll. ” one male (AFSC).	en	Sanborn, Allen F., Villet, Martin H. (2020): Afromelampsalta, a new genus, a new species, and five new combinations of African cicadettine cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae). Zootaxa 4731 (4): 531-542, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4731.4.6
03E787F8FFBBFFEA1CF8FA5A6150FD33.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The type series was collected when the official name of the town was Grahamstown, the locality reflected in the labels on the type series. The town has since been officially renamed Makhanda so that the type locality is Makhanda, East Cape, South Africa.	en	Sanborn, Allen F., Villet, Martin H. (2020): Afromelampsalta, a new genus, a new species, and five new combinations of African cicadettine cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae). Zootaxa 4731 (4): 531-542, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4731.4.6
03E787F8FFBBFFEA1CF8FA5A6150FD33.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name luteofasciata is a combination of luteus (L. yellow) and fasciatus (L. banded, striped) in reference to the yellow fasciae on the thorax and abdomen.	en	Sanborn, Allen F., Villet, Martin H. (2020): Afromelampsalta, a new genus, a new species, and five new combinations of African cicadettine cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae). Zootaxa 4731 (4): 531-542, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4731.4.6
03E787F8FFBBFFEA1CF8FA5A6150FD33.taxon	description	Measurements (mm). Male. N = 11, mean (range). Length of body: 14.73 (14.1 – 15.6); length of fore wing: 14.97 (14.5 – 15.6); width of fore wing: 6.25 (5.9 – 6.6); length of head: 1.97 (1.8 – 2.1); width of head including eyes: 4.22 (4.1 – 4.3); width of pronotum including suprahumeral plates: 4.98 (4.7 – 5.2); width of mesonotum: 4.22 (4.0 – 4.4). Female unknown.	en	Sanborn, Allen F., Villet, Martin H. (2020): Afromelampsalta, a new genus, a new species, and five new combinations of African cicadettine cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae). Zootaxa 4731 (4): 531-542, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4731.4.6
03E787F8FFBBFFEA1CF8FA5A6150FD33.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The new species can be distinguished from A. leucoptera n. comb. by the infuscated veins of the fore wings in that species. The abdominal sternites have a broad, longitudinal fascia in A. aethiopica n. comb. that is lacking in this new species. Afromelampsalta mimica n. comb. can be distinguished by the four or five apical cells of the hind wings and the abdominal tergites that are piceous dorsally with lateral reddish-orange areas. Apical cells 1 and 2 in the fore wing are about the same size in A. limitata n. comb. but apical cell 1 is longer in the new species. Finally, A. cadisia n. comb. can be distinguished by the anterior tawny spots and dorsolateral dark red spots on the pronotum, the ferruginous legs and the cruciform elevation lacking a longitudinal piceous mark.	en	Sanborn, Allen F., Villet, Martin H. (2020): Afromelampsalta, a new genus, a new species, and five new combinations of African cicadettine cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae). Zootaxa 4731 (4): 531-542, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4731.4.6
03E787F8FFBBFFEA1CF8FA5A6150FD33.taxon	description	Description. Ground color piceous marked with ochraceous. Head. Head about as wide as mesonotum, piceous with ochraceous mark in posterior epicranial suture, on lateral supra-antennal plate, mark on supra-antennal plate extending along anterior margin in some paratypes, along anterior and anteromedial margin in some paratypes or supra-antennal plate ochraceous in some paratypes. Covered with short golden pile dorsally, longer silvery pile posterior to eye. Ocelli rosaceous, eyes dark castaneous. Ventral head piceous, posterior gena and lateral lorum ochraceous, lorum completely ochraceous in some paratypes. Thick silvery pile on lorum and gena. Postclypeus piceous with ochraceous lateral and ventroposterior margins, ochraceous spot on apex extending as a fascia along dorsal midline, fascia separated from spot in some paratypes. Postclypeus with eleven transverse grooves, short golden pile on dorsum, silvery pile in transverse grooves, long, dense silvery pile on lateral postclypeus. Anteclypeus piceous with ochraceous anterior margin and ochraceous spot on posterior carina, completely piceous in some paratypes, covered with long silvery pile. Mentum ochraceous with lateral castaneous fasciae, labium ochraceous with piceous lateral fascia and tip, long silvery pile on tip, reaching to posterior of middle coxae. Antennal segments piceous, scape with ochraceous annular mark distally. Thorax. Dorsal thorax piceous. Pronotum with ochraceous fascia expanding in middle on midline anterior to pronotal collar, reduced in some paratypes, triangular ochraceous marks on either side of piceous posterior midline anterior to pronotal collar, incomplete transverse ochraceous fascia along anterior margin, lateral scute margined with ochraceous. Pronotal collar ochraceous, castaneous dorsally in some paratypes, with piceous marks across dorsal midline, on lateral margin of pronotal collar lateral angle extending along lateral margin of pronotal collar, lateral margin of pronotal collar ochraceous anteriorly in some paratypes. Pronotum covered with short silvery pile, longer pile laterally. Mesonotum piceous, lateral sigillae surrounded by ochraceous, separated into four dorsal stripes or expanding onto anterior arms of cruciform elevation in some paratypes, posterior wing groove ochraceous, cruciform elevation ochraceous, piceous between anterior arms, across distal anterior arms and along midline, midline mark triangular, reduced, or expanding across proximal posterior arms in various paratypes. Metanotum piceous with ochraceous posterior margin, visible region posterior to cruciform elevation ochraceous on either side of midline. Dorsum covered with silvery pile, longer and denser laterally, posteriorly, between anterior arms of cruciform elevation, in wing groove, and on posterior metanotum. Ventral thoracic segments ochraceous with piceous basisternum 2, piceous spots on posterior anepisternum 2, anteromedial katepisternum 2, medial katepimeron 2, and basisternum 3, covered with long, dense white pile. Wings. Fore wings and hind wings hyaline with eight and six apical cells respectively. Venation piceous except ochraceous costa and radius & subcostal vein to node, arculus connection to radius & subcostal vein, radius anterior distal to node, cubitus posterior + anal vein 1 and anterior anal vein 2 + 3, proximal cubitus anterior along basal cell light castaneous. Basal cell clear, longer than broad. Pterostigma milky. Basal membrane of fore wing white becoming dark gray posteriorly. Venation of hind wing ochraceous, castaneous distal radius posterior, ambient vein, proximal median vein and tawny anal vein 3. Coloration variable in different wings and in different specimens. Anal cell 3 and anal cell 2 along anal vein 3 gray, anal cell 3 gray along medial margin. Small V-shaped infuscation on plaga between gray regions. Legs. Legs ochraceous, transverse dark castaneous marks on proximal and distal coxae and trochanters, coxae, trochanters, femora, and fore tibiae striped with castaneous, tibiae with proximal and distal castaneous marks. Fore femora with three parallel oblique spines with curved tips, proximal longest, secondary intermediate in length, tertiary spine smallest with very small apical spine extending from base of tertiary spine, all castaneous. Fore tarsi castaneous, middle and hind tarsi lighter in the middle, tibial spurs and comb castaneous with darker tips. Legs covered with long silvery pile. Meracantha triangular, medial margin angulate, ochraceous with castaneous spot on medial base extending over anterior margin of operculum but not reaching domed region of operculum. Opercula. Male operculum roughly rectangular, domed centrally, with smoothly rounded posterolateral and posterior margins, lateral side bent dorsally so that lateral margin almost reaches extended hind wing, reaching to anterior of sternite III, ochraceous with castaneous spot on lateral base, dense long white pile across base and sparsely distributed on operculum. Medial margins almost touching medially, curved with straight margins forming an approximate right angle extending from the curve. Abdomen. Abdominal tergites piceous, transverse ochraceous fascia on posterior of tergite 1 along timbal, ochraceous spot on posterolateral tergite 2 next to auditory capsule, posterior and lateral margins of tergites 3 – 8 ochraceous, amount of lateral ochraceous increasing in posterior tergites so that tergite 8 is mostly ochraceous with anterodorsal piceous spot, covered with silvery pile, denser laterally and posterior to auditory capsule. Timbal cover absent, timbal completely exposed, timbal with four ribs, timbal does not extend below wing base. Sternites and epipleurites ochraceous except piceous sternite I, transverse spots on either side of midline of sternite II, transverse spot on anterior midline and small transverse spots on anterolateral margin of sternite III, male sternites III – V translucent laterally, sternite VIII elongated, ochraceous radiating piceous pile from posterior half, U-shaped when viewed from posterior. Sternites and epipleurites with short silvery pile. Genitalia. Male pygofer ochraceous with piceous dorsal surface, distal shoulder undeveloped, dorsal beak pointed, curved ventrally when viewed from the side, with long silvery pile posteriorly. Upper pygofer lobe small forming an approximate right angle with curve to dorsal beak, pygofer basal lobes elongated, flattened, adpressed to pygofer. Anal styles reddish with ochraceous margin, anal tube ochraceous. Median uncus lobe dark ochraceous, short, flattened, tapering distally forming a roughly triangular shape. Claspers well developed, castaneous, meeting along midline under median uncus lobe and curving laterad towards pointed apex. Aedeagus tubular, castaneous, restrained by claspers. Female unknown.	en	Sanborn, Allen F., Villet, Martin H. (2020): Afromelampsalta, a new genus, a new species, and five new combinations of African cicadettine cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae). Zootaxa 4731 (4): 531-542, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4731.4.6
03E787F8FFBBFFEA1CF8FA5A6150FD33.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Upper Kowie River catchment, South Africa (Fig. 3). The type series was collected at Makhanda (Grahamstown). Notes on the biology of the species. We collected the species in the Grassy Fynbos of Low and Robelo (1996), calling from grasses between bushclumps.	en	Sanborn, Allen F., Villet, Martin H. (2020): Afromelampsalta, a new genus, a new species, and five new combinations of African cicadettine cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae). Zootaxa 4731 (4): 531-542, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4731.4.6
03E787F8FFBFFFE41CF8FC9A601DFDA3.taxon	description	(Fig. 4)	en	Sanborn, Allen F., Villet, Martin H. (2020): Afromelampsalta, a new genus, a new species, and five new combinations of African cicadettine cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae). Zootaxa 4731 (4): 531-542, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4731.4.6
03E787F8FFBFFFE41CF8FC9A601DFDA3.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Ewart (1989: 293) excluded this species from five species groups assigned to Pauropsalta Goding & Froggatt, 1904, including one containing Cicada mneme Walker, 1850, the orthotype of Pauropsalta (Goding & Froggatt, 1904). Moulds (2012) listed P. mimica under Pauropsalta. He did not assign it to another genus, but noted that it was part of a groups of species that appeared to be erroneously placed in Pauropsalta. Exuvium. Material examined. “ SOUTH AFRICA E. Cape Prov. / Grahamstown / 33 º 19.28 S 26 º 30.47 E / 28 Dec 2001 / P. Phillips, coll. ” one female (AFSC).	en	Sanborn, Allen F., Villet, Martin H. (2020): Afromelampsalta, a new genus, a new species, and five new combinations of African cicadettine cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae). Zootaxa 4731 (4): 531-542, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4731.4.6
03E787F8FFBFFFE41CF8FC9A601DFDA3.taxon	description	Description. Body 16 mm long, ochraceous with tawny posterior segment margin, narrow with curved posterior abdomen covered with long, sparse setae, denser on ventral surface and legs. Head. Head slightly wider than long, about as wide as anterior pronotum. Antennae six segmented, scape very small, distal two segments extending beyond anterior postclypeus. Postclypeus inflated, bulbous, rostrum missing. Postclypeus, anteclypeus and posterior gena covered with dense, long setae, sparse setae on remaining head, long setae radiating on lateral eye. Thorax. Dorsal pronotum about 2.5 mm, dorsal mesonotum about 3.5 mm, and dorsal metanotum about 0.6 mm in length on midline. Fore wing apex reaching to middle of abdominal tergite 2, hind wing almost reaching posterior of abdominal tergite 2. Setae sparse on tergites, ventrally restricted to posterolateral sternites. Legs. Legs covered with setae. Fore femora with posterior tooth long, sharp, curved forward slightly; more than 3 X as long as wide at base, with lobate accessory tooth. No diastema separating posterior tooth from single intermediate tooth. Fore femur comb with four teeth, apical tooth blade-like. Fore tibia blade well-developed, obtusely angulate in center, without apical point, single well-developed, pointed apical tooth. Fore tarsus two-segmented, apical tarsomere very elongated, pretarsal claws of unequal length. Middle tibia with three apical spines, middle spine longest, lateral spine intermediate in length, medial spine shortest and narrowest. Middle tarsus two-segment- ed, apical tarsomere elongated, pretarsal claws of unequal length (based on diameter of base as both broken in only leg present). Hind tibiae with three apical spines, middle spine longest, lateral spine intermediate in length, medial spine shortest and narrowest. Hind tarsus two-segmented, apical tarsomere elongated, pretarsal claws of unequal length (based on comparison between hind tarsi as one claw broken on each hind tarsus but medial and lateral claws are present in the two legs of the specimen). Abdomen. Abdomen cylindrical, longer than head and thorax length combined. Segments one and two small producing a distinct waist, width expanding to segment five where begins to reduce width towards apex. Tergites with transverse row of setae near posterior margin, setae on lateral margin of tergites and denser on sternites. Genitalia. Female gonapophyses VIII (valvifer 1) elongated, triangular, abutting along midline and curving dorsally towards apex, about as long as tergite 9. Gonapophyses IX (valvifer 2) extending laterally and posteriorly from under gonapophyses VIII. Sternites X and XI extending posterior to and bent ventrally over distal gonapophyses IX.	en	Sanborn, Allen F., Villet, Martin H. (2020): Afromelampsalta, a new genus, a new species, and five new combinations of African cicadettine cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae). Zootaxa 4731 (4): 531-542, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4731.4.6
03E787F8FFBFFFE41CF8FC9A601DFDA3.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The exuvia of this species can be easily distinguished from the previously described exuvia (Villet 1989; Midgley et al. 2013) from South Africa by its smaller size, narrow body, lobate accessory tooth of the femur, reduced femoral teeth, and lack of diastema. The lobate accessory tooth is similar to those described in Magicicada septendecim (Linnaeus, 1758) and the fossil Burmacicada protera Poinar and Kritsky, 2011 and Dominicada youngi Poinar and Kritsky, 2011 (Poinar and Kritsky 2011).	en	Sanborn, Allen F., Villet, Martin H. (2020): Afromelampsalta, a new genus, a new species, and five new combinations of African cicadettine cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae). Zootaxa 4731 (4): 531-542, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4731.4.6
03E787F8FFBFFFE41CF8FC9A601DFDA3.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Upper Kowie River catchment, South Africa (Fig. 3). Notes on the biology of the species. The species was collected in the Savannah biome of the Eastern Thorn Bushveld (Low & Robelo 1996) and the Albany Coastal Belt vegetation type of the Albany Thicket Biome (Mucina and Rutherford 2006). This species also called from grasses.	en	Sanborn, Allen F., Villet, Martin H. (2020): Afromelampsalta, a new genus, a new species, and five new combinations of African cicadettine cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae). Zootaxa 4731 (4): 531-542, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4731.4.6
