The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka: an annotated provisional catalogue, regional checklist and bibliography Author Price, Benjamin Wills Author Allan, Elizabeth Louise Author Marathe, Kiran Author Sarkar, Vivek Author Simon, Chris Author Kunte, Krushnamegh text Biodiversity Data Journal 2016 4 8051 8051 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8051 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8051 1314-2828-4-8051 Proarna hilaris (Germar, 1834) Cicada hilaris Germar, 1834 Cicada subtincta Walker, 1850 Cicada albiflos Walker, 1850 Cicada tomentosa Walker, 1858 Materials Type status: Holotype . Occurrence: recordedBy: Hope ; Taxon: scientificName: Proarnahilaris (Germar, 1834); Location: continent: Oceania; locality: Australasia ; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Distribution [Metcalf, 1963] Australia [?]; Assam [?]; Cuba; Saint Thomas Island; Jamaica; East Bengal [?]; Santo Domingo; Philippine Islands [?]; Molucca Islands [?]; Mexico; Antilles; Dominica; South America; Saint Croix Island; Porto Rico; West Indies. [Sanborn, 2014] Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, French Antilles, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guana Island, British West Indies, Jamaica, Mexico, Caribbean Islands, Venezuela, Hispaniola. Notes Authority: Germar 1834 ; A junior synonym ( Cicada subtincta Walker, 1850) of this species was described from Silhet (Bangladesh). It should be noted that the other two junior synonyms ( Cicada albiflos Walker, 1850 and Cicada tomentosa Walker, 1858) were described from Jamaica and West Indies, while the senior synonym, Proarna hilaris (Germar, 1834) was described from Australasia. Thus if the type locality of the junior synonym ( Cicada subtincta ) is correct it may have been incorrectly synonymised with Proarna hilaris by Stal (1862) . Though not officially recorded from India it is highly likely that the junior synonym C. subtincta occurs in India.