The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Bolivia including the descriptions of fifteen new species, the resurrection of one genus and two species, seven new combinations, six new synonymies, and twenty-eight new records
Author
Sanborn, Allen F.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-08-12
4655
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journal article
26048
10.11646/zootaxa.4655.1.1
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Proarna bergi
(
Distant, 1892a
)
new record
Tympanoterpes bergi
Distant 1892a: 61
. (
Argentina
)
REMARKS. There has been confusion with respect to recognizing the taxa
P. bergi
and
P. bufo
Distant, 1905d
. There are only slight differences in the morphology of the two species and
Torres (1961)
was the last to synonymize them. However,
Sanborn & Heath (2014)
determined there is a geographical separation between
P. bergi
and
P. bufo
. Specimens of
P. bufo
were found to have a southern and eastern distribution within
Argentina
and
P. bergi
was found in the northern and western parts of the country. Based on the distribution of the two species in
Argentina
, it is more likely that the specimens from
Bolivia
cited by
Distant (1905d)
and
Jacobi (1907)
(who notes differences in his specimens from
P. bergi
and identifies western
Argentine
localities for the species) are actually
P. bergi
rather than
P. bufo
. Therefore, I consider the specimens of
P. bufo
recorded from
Bolivia
to be
P. bergi
and add
P. bergi
to the list of Bolivian cicadas here.
The species is unicolorous dark brown with an abdomen that slightly expands laterally to segment 5 before curving to the terminus. No other Bolivian species has this coloration or abdominal shape.
DISTRIBUTION. The species has been reported previously from
Argentina
and
Colombia
(
Metcalf 1963a
;
Duffels & van der Laan 1985
;
Sanborn 2013
;
Sanborn & Heath 2014
) but the Colombian records were shown to be erroneous (
Sanborn & Heath 2014
).
Distant (1906a)
did not provide specific locality data for
Bolivia
.