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 capistrata
Distant, 1885
,
rev. stat.
Proarna capistrata
Distant 1885: 60
(
type
material examined).
Type
locality
.
Buenos Aires
,
Argentina
.
Remarks
. Torres (1961) considered the species a junior synonym of
P. montevidensis
Berg.
Torres’ specimens came from an area where the two species are sympatric and he considered the two species to be one (
Torres 1961b
). When compared to
P. montevidensis
,
P. capistrata
is smaller, has less infuscation in the forewing, has less dorsal coloration, proportionately smaller forewings, the anterior point of the timbal cover is angled dorsally rather than pointing anteriorly, male opercula are angulate medially rather than rounded, the posterior cruciform elevation is smoothly rounded rather than angulate, and the primary femoral spine is more upright, the secondary spine is narrower at the base and the distal spine is almost missing in
P. capistrata
. More importantly, the male genitalia differ in the size and shape of the lateral uncal lobes (
Figure 16
) and the medial unus lobes recurve dorsally at the posterior terminus in
P. capistrata
rather than forming a right angle. The species is known only from
Buenos Aires Province
,
Argentina
(
Distant 1885
).