The cicadas of Argentina with new records, a new genus and fifteen new species (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae)
Author
Sanborn, Allen F.
Author
Heath, Maxine S.
text
Zootaxa
2014
2014-11-11
3883
1
1
94
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3883.1.1
1175-5326
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Proarna dactyliophora
Berg, 1879
Proarna dactyliophora
Berg 1879: 143
(
type
material examined).
Type
locality
.
Tucumán
,
Argentina
.
Remarks
. The species may represent a complex of species based on geographic variability in the coloration patterns. The species has been collected in
Argentina
,
Bolivia
,
Colombia
,
Paraguay
, and
Venezuela
(
Metcalf 1963a
;
De Santis
et al.
2007
;
Sanborn 2007a
;
2010a
; 2011a). The species was reported from
Catamarca
,
Chaco
, Córdoba,
Corrientes
,
Formosa
,
La Rioja
,
Santa Fe
,
Santiago del Estero
, and
Tucumán
Provinces in
Argentina
(
Berg 1879
;
Hayward 1942
;
Torres 1946
;
Hayward 1960
;
Bolcatto
et al.
2006
;
De Santis
et al.
2006
;
De Santis
et al.
2007
). We collected specimens in
Chaco
, Córdoba,
Corrientes
,
Entre Rios
,
Formosa
,
La Pampa
,
Santa Fe
,
Santiago del Estero
,
Tucumán
Provinces in
Argentina
. The species is associated with the
Chaco
floristic province (
Sanborn
et al.
2011a
).
New provincial records.
Entre Rios
,
Dto. Federacion
, Ruta 14—
2.5 km
So.
of
Corrientes
,
4-I-1988
,
M.S. Heath Coll.
(
two males
,
MSHC
)
;
Entre Rios
,
Dto. Federacion
, Ruta 14—
2.5 km
So.
of
Corrientes
,
4-I-1988
,
J.E. Heath Coll.
(
one male
,
MSHC
)
;
Entre Rios
,
Dto. Federacion
, Ruta 14—
2.5 km
So.
of
Corrientes
,
4-I-1988
,
Al Sanborn Coll.
(
one male
,
one female
,
MSHC
)
;
Entre Rios
,
Dto. Federacion
, Ruta 14—
2.5 km
So.
of
Corrientes
,
4-I-1988
,
F. Noriega
coll. (
two males
,
one female
,
MSHC
)
;
Entre Rios
,
Dto. Gualeguaychu
,
Ruta
14—
3 km
So. of Rio Gualeguaychu
,
3-I-1988
,
M.S. Heath Coll.
(
one male
,
MSHC
)
;
Entre Rios
,
Dto. Gualeguaychu
,
Ruta
14—
3 km
So. of Rio Gualeguaychu
,
3-I- 1988
,
J.E. Heath Coll.
(
two males
,
MSHC
)
;
Entre Rios
,
Dto. Gualeguaychu
,
Ruta
14—
3 km
So. of Rio Gualeguaychu
,
3-I-1988
,
Al Sanborn Coll.
(
three males
,
MSHC
)
;
Entre Rios
,
Dto. Gualeguaychu
,
Ruta
14—
3 km
So. of Rio Gualeguaychu
,
3-I-1988
,
F. Noriega
coll. (
three males
,
MSHC
)
;
Entre Rios
,
Dto. Concordia
,
Ruta
14 & A del
Pedernal
,
3-I-1988
, Heath-Sanborn-Noriega
Coll.
(
one male
,
MSHC
)
;
La Pampa
,
Rt
. 35—
33 km
SW Rt.
152,
4-XII- 1981
,
M.S. & J.E. Heath
coll.
EX
:
Prosopis
(
two males
,
MSHC
)
;
La Pampa
,
20 km
N
Santa Rosa
,
10-XII-1986
(
MSHC
)
;
La Pampa
,
20 km
No.
of
Santa Rosa
,
10-XII-1986
,
F. Noriega
coll.
EX
:
Mesquite
(
one male
,
MSHC
)
.