The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Panama including the description of six new species, three new combinations, one new synonymy, and nine new records
Author
Sanborn, Allen F.
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-10-04
4493
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4493.1.1
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Proarna insignis
Distant, 1881
Proarna albida
var.
insignis
Distant 1881: 12
. (
Nicaragua
)
Remarks.
The second largest of the Panamanian
Proarna
species. It can be distinguished by the fore wing infuscation on all crossveins except the mediocubital crossvein, the distal wing veins between apical cells, and the ambient veins in apical cells 3-8, the radial crossvein intersects apical cell
1 in
the middle and at an oblique angle, and the convex posterior and lateral margins of the male opercula. The species is commonly collected at lights with a heavy female bias (
Young & Sanborn 2015
).
Distribution.
The species has an extensive range being reported from
Argentina
,
Brazil
,
Colombia
,
Costa
Rica
,
Ecuador
,
French Guiana
,
Guatemala
,
Honduras
,
Mexico
,
Nicaragua
,
Panamá
,
Peru
, and
Venezuela
(
Metcalf 1963a
;
Duffels & van der Laan 1985
;
Sanborn 2011a
;
2013
;
2014
;
Sanborn & Maes 2012
;
Maes
et al.
2012
;
Sanborn & Heath 2014
). It was reported as being collected in
Panama
by
Wolda & Ramos (1992)
but without locality data.
Material examined.
“
PANAMA
:
Piñas Bay
/
IV 1965
/
Dade W. Thornton
// Collected /
At Light
”
one female
(
AFSC
);
“
Piñas Bay
/
Panamá
/
IX–11–61
/
D. Paulson
”
one female
(
AFSC
).