The cicadas of Argentina with new records, a new genus and fifteen new species (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae)
Author
Sanborn, Allen F.
Department of Biology, Barry University, 11300 NE Second Avenue, Miami Shores, FL 33161 - 6695, USA
asanborn@barry.edu
Author
Heath, Maxine S.
104 Hummingbird Circle, Buchanan Dam, TX 78609, USA
maxine@txwinet.com
text
Zootaxa
2014
2014-11-11
3883
1
1
94
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3883.1.1
1175-5326
4951252
48A4C0DF-00B7-45C6-8D10-5BFE40A251EE
Guyalna bonaerensis
(
Berg, 1879
)
Fidicina bonaerensis
Berg 1879: 140
.
Dorisia bonaerensis
var.
bergi
nom. nud.
Delétang 1919: 85
.
syn. n.
Dorisia bonaerensis
var.
dominiquei
nom. nud.
Delétang 1919: 85
.
syn. n.
Type
locality
.
Buenos Aires
,
SantaFe
and
Entre Rios
Provinces
,
Argentina
and
Uruguay
.
Remarks
. This species can be found in large numbers. We have determined that it is endothermic (
Sanborn
et al.
1995a
). The two nomina nuda listed by
Delétang (1919)
are considered to be part of the nominotypical species as no formal description was provided for the varieties and because we have found variability in the coloration patterns and size within individual populations.
The species has a wide distribution within the Chaco and Espinal floristic provinces (
Sanborn
et al.
2011a
). It was reported from Buenos Aires, Chaco, Córdoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, La Pampa, Misiones, Salta, San Luis, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, and Tucumán Provinces (
Berg 1879
;
Hayward 1942
;
Torres 1946
;
Hayward 1960
;
Sanborn
et al.
1995b
;
Bolcatto
et al.
2006
;
De Santis
et al.
2007
). We collected specimens in Catamarca, Chaco, Córdoba, Entre Rios, Formosa, Misiones, Salta, San Luis, Santiago del Estero, and Tucumán Provinces. The species has also been reported from
Brazil
and
Paraguay
(
Metcalf 1963a
;
Duffels & van der Laan 1985
; Sanborn 2011a). The reference to a specimen from
Guyana
(
Uhler 1903
) is considered erroneous as the habitat is different and the specimens were described as being larger than
Fidicina mannifera
which is not the case for
G. bonaerensis
. The species is endothermic regulating its body temperature through endogenous heat production (
Sanborn
et al.
1995b
).
New provincial records.
Prov.
Catamarca
,
Ruta
38,
1 km South of San Fernando del Valle Catamarca
,
9-I- 1992
,
A. Sanborn
Coll. (
four males
,
AFSC
);
Formosa
,
8 km
S Tatané
,
28-XII-1986
,
J.E. Heath
Coll. (
one female
,
MSHC
).