Other Common Names
"Moore's Cactus Dodger" (proposed)
Explanation of Names
Cacama moorei sp. n. Sanborn & M. Heath
(Fig. 3)
Cacama dissimilis Davis 1919: 70, 71, 76, 79, Plate XIV fig. 2 (misidentified).
Cacama dissimilis Beamer and Beamer 1930: 297–298 (misidentified).
Cacama n. sp. 2 Sanborn and Phillips 1995: 481.
Etymology. The species is named in honor of Thomas E. Moore for his long commitment to the study of North
American cicadas.
Type series. Holotype male UNITED STATES: “ARIZONA Pima County / Catalina Mtns. Mt. Lemmon /
Babat Duag Vista Pt. / 24 June 1998 / A. Sanborn, coll. 1” (FSCA).
Identification
Male opercula primarily orange, reaching to sternite IV, ventral surface orange, rostrum reaching to middle of posterior coxae,
found in the Sonoran Desert (Fig. 3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. moorei Sanborn and Heath sp. n.
Note - the venter in both genders is heavily pruinose, but the sternites, males' opercula and ventral exoskeleton are typically orange in color as described above.
The call is a metallic chatter.
Video courtesy of EB! Thanks for such a great video and recording!
Range
USA, Arizona: found across the state of Arizona running in a wide band from the Mexican border north across the state to nr. the Nevada & Utah borders (Map in Sanborn's paper)
MEXICO: n. Mexico ("Sonoran Desert")
Type series. Holotype male UNITED STATES: “ARIZONA Pima County / Catalina Mtns. Mt. Lemmon /
Babat Duag Vista Pt. / 24 June 1998 / A. Sanborn, coll. 1” (FSCA).
See Also
Several species
sw. USA - Mexico (Central America)
sw. USA (California) & MEXICO
Cacama furcata Davis - (Not known from USA)
sw. USA (ARIZONA) & MEXICO
sw. USA (several states) & MEXICO
USA, se. TEXAS & Adj. ne. MEXICO
USA, Central TEXAS ("hill country")
CENTRAL AMERICA / MEXICO (not known from the USA)
Print References
Accepted by J.P. Duffels: 22 Apr. 2011; published: 30 May 2011
ZOOTAXA
ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition)
Copyright © 2011 · Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition)
Zootaxa 2897: 35–50 (2011)
www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ Article 35
The genus Cacama Distant, 1904 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) with the description of three new species
ALLEN F. SANBORN, MAXINE S. HEATH2, POLLY K. PHILLIPS3 & JAMES E. HEATH2