{"id":8345,"date":"2018-10-27T01:01:27","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T08:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/?p=8345"},"modified":"2025-01-04T15:45:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T22:45:08","slug":"antankaria-signoreti-metcalf-1955","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/antankaria-signoreti-metcalf-1955\/","title":{"rendered":"Antankaria signoreti (Metcalf, 1955)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Antankaria signoreti<\/em><\/strong> (Metcalf, 1955) is found in <strong>Madagascar<\/strong>. It was formerly known as <em>Antankaria madagascariensis<\/em>. Yes, its species name has changed since 1913.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scientific classification:<\/strong><br \/>\nFamily: Cicadidae<br \/>\nSubfamily: Cicadinae<br \/>\nTribe: Cryptotympanini<br \/>\nSubTribe: Cryptotympanina<br \/>\nGenus: <em>Antankaria<\/em><br \/>\nSpecies: <em>Antankaria signoreti<\/em> (Metcalf, 1955)\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Antankaria-madagascariensis-Distant-Genera-insectorum-2013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"619\" height=\"558\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Antankaria-madagascariensis-Distant-Genera-insectorum-2013.jpg 619w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Antankaria-madagascariensis-Distant-Genera-insectorum-2013-300x270.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><br \/>The image says <em>Antankaria madagascariensis<\/em>, but its newest name is <em>Antankaria signoreti<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Antankaria<\/em> genus description<\/strong> by <strong>W. L. Distant<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nCharacters, \u2014 Length of head about half the breadth between eyes and (including eyes) as wide as base of mesonotum; eyes circular, globular, moderately directed upward; pronotum a little narrowed behind eyes, about as long as mesonotum in front of the cruciform elevation; abdomen longer than space between apex of face and base of cruciform elevation; rostrum reaching posterior coxae ; anterior femora strongly toothed beneath; opercula in type not passing the base of metasternum; tegmina and wings talc-like.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>References:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>The illustration and genus description comes from the journal <strong>Genera Insectorum<\/strong>, and a specific article from <strong>1913<\/strong> by W. L. Distant titled <strong>Homoptera. Fam. Cicadidae, Subfam, Cicadinae.<\/strong> Read it on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biodiversitylibrary.org\/item\/223337#page\/9\/mode\/1up\">the Biodiversity Heritage Library website<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>Current species name verified using Allen Sanborn&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/B9780124166479000012?via%3Dihub\">Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha)<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antankaria signoreti (Metcalf, 1955) is found in Madagascar. It was formerly known as Antankaria madagascariensis. Yes, its species name has changed since 1913. Scientific classification: Family: Cicadidae Subfamily: Cicadinae Tribe: Cryptotympanini SubTribe: Cryptotympanina Genus: Antankaria Species: Antankaria signoreti (Metcalf, 1955) The image says Antankaria madagascariensis, but its newest name is Antankaria signoreti. Antankaria genus description [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[448,365,427,1064,445,415],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antankaria","category-genera-insectorum","category-madagascar","category-metcalf","category-cryptotympanini","category-william-lucas-distant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8345\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}