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Issue: Vol. 71 No. 2: 6 Nov. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-11-06
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2025.71.2.2
Page range: 43-54
Abstract views: 55
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A new species and the revised species status of cicadas of the genus of Dorachosa Distant, 1892 from Mexico (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae: Carinetini)

Barry University, 10900 County Road 352, Blanket, TX 76432, USA
Taxonomy Dorachosa Carinetini new species revised species status

Abstract

The cicada genus Dorachosa Distant, 1892 is distributed throughout the Neotropical region. Dorachosa mesomexicana sp. nov. is described. The most similar species, Dorachosa lugubrina compostelensis (Davis, 1938), is elevated to species status here to become Dorachosa compostelensis (Davis, 1938) stat. rev. after a detailed comparison to Dorachosa lugubrina (Stål, 1864).

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