Checklist of the cicadas (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Paraguay including new records for six speciesAuthorSanborn, Allen F.Barry University, Department of Biology, 11300 NE Second Avenue, Miami Shores, FL 33161 - 6695, USA.asanborn@mail.barry.edutextCheck List20112011-06-0174465467http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/7.4.465journal article10.15560/7.4.465900527Dorisiana drewseni
(Stål, 1854)
(Subfamily
Cicadinae
, Tribe
Fidicinini
, Subtribe
Guyalnina
)
CICADIDAE Leach, 1815
CICADINAE
Latrielle, 1802
Geographical distribution. The species has previously been reported from Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil (
Metcalf 1963a
;
Ruffinelli 1970
;
Duffels and van der Laan 1985
).
Zammarini Distant, 1905
Zammara
Amyot and Audinet-Serville, 1843
Zammara tympanum
(Fabricius, 1803)
Fidicinini
Distant, 1905
Specimens examined.
PARAGUAY
,
Puerto S. Pablo
,
II – 1937
,
Lapchinoscy
(
2 males
,
2 females
,
MCSN
,
1 male
,
1 female
,
AFSC
).
Geographical distribution.
Chonosia crassipennis
has previously been reported from Argentina (
Metcalf 1963c
).
Ariasa
Distant, 1905
Ariasa nigrovittata
Distant, 1905
Specimen examined.
Photographs of a
male
from the Departamento Boquerón,
Parque Nacional Teniente Agripino Enciso
,
3 – X – 2007
were sent to the author for determination by Paul Smith
. The specimen was released because the photographer lacked a permit to retain it for a collection.
GuyalnaBoulard and Martinelli, 1996
Guyalna bonaerensis
(Berg, 1879)
Hyantiini Distant, 1905
Quesada
Distant, 1905
Quesada gigas
(Olivier, 1790)
CICADETTINAE Buckton, 1889
Carinetini Distant, 1905
The new records bring the reported cicada fauna of Paraguay to 22 species in 12 genera from five tribes and three subfamilies of the family
Cicadidae
. The current list of species and their taxonomic position is provided in
Table 1
. However, there are some species listed which are questionable and it would be useful to have further verification of their existence in Paraguay.
Carineta
Amyot and Audinet-Serville, 1843
Carineta cingenda
Distant, 1883
Carineta diardi
(Guérin-Méneville, 1829)
Carineta fasciculata
(Germar, 1821)
Carineta maculosa
Torres, 1948
Carineta submarginata
Walker, 1850
Carineta viridicollis
(Germar, 1830)
For example, the references to
Zammara tympanum
(Fabricius, 1803)
by
Berg (1883)
may actually represent
Z. strepens
Amyotand Audinet-Serville, 1843
. Ihaveidentified specimens of
Z. strepens
collected across the Paraná River from Paraguay in Argentina and have seen specimens of
Z. strepens
in collections that have been misidentified as
Z. tympanum
. There is no indication of where the specimens were collected in Paraguay so it is difficult to determine if they represent the true
Z. tympanum
or misidentified
Z.strepens
. The taxon
Fidicina mannifera
(Fabricius, 1803)
has a tumultuous past with respect to its application.
Boulard and Martinelli (1996)
separated multiple species of
Fidicina
and their new genus
Fidicinoides
from what had previously been identified as
F. mannifera
in various collections. It may bethat thereferences to
F. mannifera
by
Berg (1883)
and
Torres (1953)
in Paraguay were actually the taxon now considered to be
F. torresi
. This is almost certainly the case with the
Torres (1953)
reference that discusses an outbreak of
F. mannifera
in Puerto Bemberg, Misiones, which is the type locality of
F. torresi
(
Boulard and Martinelli 1996
)
and an area where Ihave personally collected
F. torresi
, and further supported by the specimen from Encarnación above. Similarly,
Dorisiana semilata
(Walker, 1850) has been reported from Costa Rica to Argentina and includes several synonymized species (
Metcalf 1963a
). Some species, such as
Dorisiana viridis
were incorrectly synonymized to
D. semilata
in the past. It may be that the specimens reported as
D. semilata
may actually have been
D. viridis
, another species Ihave collected across the Paraná River from Paraguay in Argentina.
Guaranisaria
Distant, 1905
Guaranisaria dissimilis
Distant, 1905
TIBICININAE
Distant, 1905
Tettigadini
Distant, 1905
Chonosia
Distant, 1905
Chonosia crassipennis
(Walker, 1858)
Tibicinini Distant, 1905
Ahomana
Distant, 1905
Ahomana neotropicalis
Distant, 1905
Given that more than 100 species of cicadas inhabit Argentina and Brazil, it is highly probably that the cicada fauna of Paraguay will continue to become more diverse as additional specimens are collected. The association of cicadas to specific plant communities (
e.g.
,
Phillips and Sanborn 2007
) combined with the phytogeographic regions sharedby Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay suggests that more of the species found in Argentina and/or Brazil will also eventually be found in Paraguay. In addition, none of the cicada species currently known from Paraguay are endemic, being that 21 species are also being found in Argentina and/or Brazil and the final species also being reported from Peru. There is still much to learn about the cicada fauna and biogeography within Paraguay as the majority of references tospecimens inhabitingthe country are in summary works without specific localities being provided (
e.g.
,
Berg 1883
;
Uhler 1903
;
Jacobi 1907
).