Carineta Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843

Genus Carineta Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 View in CoL

Carineta Amyot & Audinet-Serville 1843: 482 .

Remarks. The genus was erected with limited diagnostic clarity and characters that have been shown to be much more variable as a greater number of species have been described. The original description states that the species of the genus are characterized by a generally quite hairy body; a small head forming an almost equilateral triangle that is much narrower than the thorax, large, protruding but not stalked eyes; prothorax transversely not very short and not dilated on each side; mesothorax not or barely indented posteriorly (posterior cruciform elevation); fore wings and hindwings transparent but usually shaded a soft color; timbal cavities and opercula poorly developed; and three-part tarsi (Amyot & Audinet-Serville 1843). There is more variability in the species of the genus now that the number of species included has grown to produce the genus with the greatest species diversity in the New World.

Type species. Cicada formosa Germar 1830: 45 (Brazil).

Included species. Carineta acommosis Sanborn, 2020b , C. aestiva Distant, 1883a , C. apicalis Distant, 1883b , C. apicoinfuscata Sanborn, 2011a , C. aratayensis Boulard, 1986a , C. argentea Walker, 1852 , C. basalis Walker, 1850 , C. bidigitata Sanborn, 2019b , C. bilineosa (Walker, 1858a) , C. bitorquata Sanborn, 2020b , C. boliviana Distant, 1905a , C. boulardi Champanhet, 1999 , C. calida Walker, 1858b , C. carayoni Boulard, 1986b , C. castaneopercula Sanborn, 2020b , C. cearana Distant, 1906c , C. centralis Distant, 1892a , C. cinara Distant, 1883a , C. cingenda Distant, 1883b , C. congrua Walker, 1858a , C. coronida Sanborn, 2020e , C. crassicauda Torres, 1948 , C. cretatabasilaris sp. nov., C. cristalinea Champanhet, 2001 , C. crocea Distant, 1883b , C. crumena Goding, 1925 , C. cyrili Champanhet, 1999 , C. detoulgoueti Champanhet, 2001 , C. diardi (Guérin-Méneville, 1829) , C. dichrophryxothrix Sanborn, 2020b , C. digitata Sanborn, 2020b , C. dolosa Boulard, 1986a , C. doxiptera Walker, 1858c , C. durantoni Boulard, 1986a , C. ecuatoriana Goding, 1925 , C. ensifera Sanborn, 2019a , C. fasciculata (Germar, 1821) , C. fimbriata Distant, 1891 , C. garleppi Jacobi, 1907a , C. gemella Boulard, 1986a , C. genitalostridens Boulard, 1986b , C. hamata Sanborn, 2019a , C. illustris Distant, 1905a , C. imperfecta Boulard, 1986b , C. indecora (Walker, 1858a) , C. lichiana Boulard, 1986a , C. liturata Torres, 1948 , C. lydiae Champanhet, 1999 , C. maculosa Torres, 1948 , C. maracayensis Sanborn, 2020d , C. matura Distant, 1892a , C. modesta Sanborn, 2011a , C. naponore Boulard, 1986a , C. nigrafissura Sanborn, 2020b , C. peruviana Distant, 1905a , C. pictilis Sanborn, 2019a , C. pilifera Walker, 1858c , C. pilosa Walker, 1850 , C. platensis Berg, 1882 , C. porioni Champanhet, 2001 , C. postica Walker, 1858a , C. producta Walker, 1858a , C. propinqua Torres, 1948 , C. quadrofastigiata Sanborn, 2020b , C. rubricata Distant, 1883b , C. rufescens (Fabricius, 1803) , C. rumipataensis Sanborn, 2020b , C. rustica Goding, 1925 , C. scripta Torres, 1948 , C. seriemaculata Sanborn, 2020d , C. socia Uhler, 1875 , C. spoliata (Walker, 1858b) , C. strigilifera Boulard, 1986b , C. submarginata Walker, 1850 , C. tetraspila Jacobi, 1907a , C. tiarata Sanborn, 2020e , C. tingomariaensis Sanborn, 2020b , C. titschacki Jacobi, 1951 , C. tracta Distant, 1892a , C. tricuspis Sanborn, 2020b , C. trinidadensis Sanborn, 2020a , C. trivittata Walker, 1858a , C. uncinata Sanborn, 2019a , C. urostridulens Boulard, 1986b , C. ventralis Jacobi, 1907a , C. ventrilloni Boulard, 1986a , C. verna Distant, 1883a , C. viridicata Distant, 1883a , and C. viridicollis (Germar, 1830) .

Distribution. Species of Carineta have been reported from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad, Uruguay, and Venezuela (Sanborn 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011b, 2014b, 2018, 2019a, b, 2020a, b, c, d, e, 2021b, 2023, 2024a, 2024b; Sanborn & Heath 2014; Sanborn & Maes 2012; Nunes et al. 2023).