Fidicinoides flavibasalis (Distant, 1905a) new record

Fidicina flavibasalis Distant, 1905a: 317 .

Fidicinoides flavibasalis Sanborn et al. 2008: 17 .

Cicada (circa) rudis Salazar Escobar, 2005: 196, 203 fig. 10.

The specimen illustrated by Salazar Escobar has the same wing venation and general body markings as specimens of F. flavibasalis in the author’s collection from Colombia. Cornuplura (= Cicada) rudis (Walker, 1858b) is a Mexican species (Sanborn 2007b). The specimens in Salazar Escobar (2005) were collected in the Departamento Valle at Río Dovio and Río Garrapatas. FSCA has specimens from Dept. Valle, Lower Anchicayá. The species was recently transferred to Fidicinoides (Sanborn et al. 2008) and was previously known only from Ecuador (Metcalf 1963a).

Material examined. “ COLOMBIA: Dept. Valle, Lower Anchicayá, Alt. 400m, Tropical Very Wet Forest, Netted by R. Wilkerson, IV.2.76-7” (one male, AFSC); “ COLOMBIA: Dept. Valle, Lower Anchicayá, Alt. 400m, Tropical Very Wet Forest, Netted by R. Wilkerson, IV.2.76-6” (one female, AFSC). Photographs of one male and one female specimen “ COLOMBIA, Valle, Rio Dovio, Abril 10/96, leg. Salazar ERH” (UNCC) .