The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Peru including the description of twenty-four new species, three new synonymies, and thirty-seven new records
Author
Sanborn, Allen F.
text
Zootaxa
2020
4785
1
1
129
journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4785.1.1
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Proarna bergi
(
Distant, 1892a
)
new record
Tympanoterpes bergi
Distant 1892a: 61
. (
Argentina
)
REMARKS.
Historically there has been confusion in differentiating the taxa
P. bergi
and
P. bufo
Distant, 1905d
due to the slight differences in the morphology of the two species.
Sanborn & Heath (2014)
determined a geographical separation between the species with
P. bufo
distributed in central and eastern
Argentina
while
P. bergi
was distributed in the northern and western parts of the country. This along with differences in morphology noted by
Jacobi (1907)
was used to clarify the Bolivian specimens cited by
Distant (1905d)
and
Jacobi (1907)
as
P. bergi
rather than
P. bufo
(
Sanborn 2019b
)
.
This is the only Peruvian species of
Proarna
that is unicolorous dark brown with an abdomen that slightly expands laterally from the base to segment 5 before curving to the terminus. No other Peruvian species exhibits this coloration or abdominal shape.
DISTRIBUTION.
The species has been reported previously from
Argentina
(
Metcalf 1963a
;
Duffels & van der Laan 1985
;
Sanborn 2013
;
Sanborn & Heath 2014
) with recent records expanding the distribution to include
Bolivia
(
Sanborn 2019b
). Previous references to
Colombia
were shown to be erroneous (
Sanborn & Heath 2014
). It is associated with grasses in various habitats and is endothermic (
Sanborn
et al
. 1995a
).
MATERIAL
EXAMINED
FOR
NEW
RECORD
.
“ALTO NOCHE /
31-I-04
/
J. MENDOZA
// HOMPTERA / CICADIDAE”
four males
and
four females
(
AFSC
).