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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Cicadas (Cicadoidea) » Cicadas (Cicadidae) » Cicadinae » Tacuini » Cactus Dodgers (Cacama) » Cacama dissimilis

Species Cacama dissimilis

Classification · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Internet References
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (True Hoppers)
Infraorder Cicadomorpha (Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers)
Superfamily Cicadoidea (Cicadas)
Family Cicadidae (Cicadas)
Subfamily Cicadinae
Tribe Tacuini
Genus Cacama (Cactus Dodgers)
Species dissimilis (Cacama dissimilis)
Identification
Similar by most accounts to C. valvata.
Described as a "dark species" with the basal area of the forewings slightly ochreous and opaque; anal membranes of all 4 wings orangish with the posterior margins being grey; 1st and 2nd transverse crossveins lightly infuscated (just as seen in valvata).
TL - "Sonora, Mex" (Female) & "Camp Grant, AZ, USA" (Male)


dissimilis (Mex): Described as a "dark species" with the basal area of the forewings slightly ochreous and opaque; anal membranes of all 4 wings orangish with the posterior margins being grey; 1st and 2nd transverse crossveins lightly infuscated (just as seen in valvata).
vs.
valvata (sw. USA & n. Mex.): C. valvata is described as having a "straw-colored" venter + "dark wing bases". First cell at base of wing dark anteriorly then blending to an ochreous-tan. Basal wing veins may be tan or straw-colored (not variegated with orange). Pronotum dark.
vs.
furcata ("lower Calif." = Baja, Mex): It is important to mention that C. furcata is described as having an "oranginsh" venter and operculae + "variegated orange and black at bases of wings". First cell at base of wing ochreous-tan and ~clear. Pronotum dark with a light tan or brownish spot on front margin of each side.

For additional info: Refer to pages 68-79 for details on the Genus Cacama and spp. occurring in the USA (for carbonaria see pp. 70 & 76)
Range
TL - "Sonora, Mex" (Female) & "Camp Grant, AZ, USA" (Male)
Extent of RANGE is not clearly defined: sw. USA may include NM-AZ extending s. into adj. Mexico (????)
Remarks
The Type Locality & original description of material from Arizona likely belongs to the recently described taxon, Cacama moorei and not C. dissimilis
NOTE: TL - "Sonora, Mex" (Female) & "Camp Grant, AZ, USA" (Male)
Cacama moorei sp. n. Sanborn & M. Heath
See Also
Several species
sw. USA - Mexico (Central America)

sw. USA (California) & MEXICO
Cacama californica Davis 1919
Cacama crepitans (Van Duzee 1914)
Cacama furcata Davis - (Not known from USA)

sw. USA (ARIZONA) & MEXICO
Cacama moorei sp. n. Sanborn & M. Heath
sw. USA (several states) & MEXICO
Cacama valvata (Uhler 1888)

USA, se. TEXAS & Adj. ne. MEXICO
Cacama variegata Davis 1919

USA, Central TEXAS ("hill country")
Cacama collinaplaga sp. n. Sanborn & M. Heath

CENTRAL AMERICA / MEXICO (not known from the USA)
Cacama carbonaria Davis 1919
Cacama dissimilis (Distant 1881)/[davisi Moore, ??]
Cacama longirostris (Distant, ?)
Cacama maura Distant 1881
Cacama pygmaea sp. n. Sanborn
Internet References
For additional info: Refer to pages 68-79 for details on the Genus Cacama and spp. occurring in the USA
Contributed by Bill Reynolds on 7 February, 2012 - 12:18pm
Last updated 23 October, 2012 - 12:11pm

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