The cicadas of Argentina with new records, a new genus and fifteen new species (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae)
Author
Sanborn, Allen F.
Department of Biology, Barry University, 11300 NE Second Avenue, Miami Shores, FL 33161 - 6695, USA
asanborn@barry.edu
Author
Heath, Maxine S.
104 Hummingbird Circle, Buchanan Dam, TX 78609, USA
maxine@txwinet.com
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Zootaxa
2014
2014-11-11
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.3883.1.1
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Chonosia crassipennis
(Walker, 1858)
Fidicina crassipennis
Walker 1858b: 9
(
type
material examined).
[
Chonosia crassipennis
]
var.
metequei
Delétang 1919
nom. nud.: 85.
syn. n.
Type
locality.
South America
.
Remarks
. References to
C. crassipennis
are recorded from Catamarca, Córdoba, La Rioja, Mendoza, Neuquén, Río Negro, San Luis, Santiago del Estero, and Tucumán (
Delétang 1919
;
Torres 1945a
;
De Santis
et al.
2007
).
Chonosia crassipennis
var.
metequei
Delétang, 1919
nom. nud. is considered a local color variation and not a distinct taxon since it has not been officially described under the
Code
. We collected this species in Catamarca, La Rioja, Mendoza, and San Juan Provinces. The range of the species now extends into
Paraguay
(Sanborn 2011a). The species is associated with the Monte floristic province (
Sanborn
et al.
2011a
).
New provincial records.
San Juan
,
5 km
So. of San Agustin
de Valle
Fertil
,
8-I-1987
,
Al Sanborn Coll.
(
two males
,
one female
,
MSHC
,
two males
,
AFSC
)
;
San Juan
,
5 km
So. of San Agustin
de Valle
Fertil
,
8-I-1987
,
M.S. & J.E. Heath Coll.
(
one male
,
two females
,
MSHC
)
;
San Juan
,
5 km
So. of San Agustin
de Valle
Fertil
,
8-I-1987
,
J.E. Heath Coll.
(
two males
,
MSHC
)
;
San Juan
,
5 km
So. of San Agustin
de Valle
Fertil
,
8-I-1987
,
F. Noriega Coll.
(
four males
,
MSHC
)
;
San Juan
,
5 km
So. of San Agustin
de Valle
Fertil
,
8-I-1987
,
F. Noriega
coll. (
one female
,
AFSC
)
.