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
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Zootaxa
2014
2014-11-11
3883
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1
94
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3883.1.1
1175-5326
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Proarna bufo
Distant, 1905
Proarna bufo
Distant 1905a: 312
(
type
material examined).
Type locality
.
Argentina
and
Bolivia
.
Remarks
.
Torres (1961a)
synomymized this species with
P. bergi
. This was probably due to the fact that the specimens examined were collected in a zone of overlap where the two species co-occur. The
type
specimen of
P. bufo
in the
BMNH
is morphologically distinct from the
type
of
P. bergi
. The two species also differ in their distribution and physiology (
Sanborn
et al.
1995b
) and were considered to be separate species. Although the species was reported from
Buenos Aires
,
Córdoba
,
Chaco
,
Formosa
,
La Pampa
,
La Rioja
,
Santa Fe
,
San Luis
,
Salta
,
Santiago del Estero
, and
Tucumán
Provinces (
Torres 1946
;
Hayward 1942
;
1960
;
Bolcatto
et al.
2006
;
De Santis
et al.
2007
), we determined
P. bufo
generally has a more southern and eastern range species than
P. bergi
. We collected specimens from
Córdoba
,
Entre Rios
and
San Luis
Provinces. The species is associated with the Espinal and Pampas floristic provinces (
Sanborn
et al.
2011a
).
New provincial records.
Entre Rios
,
Ruta
12—
8 km
No. of Rio
Parana
Guazu
,
3-I-1988
,
M.S. Heath Coll.
(
one male
,
MSHC
)
;
Entre Rios
,
Ruta
12—
8 km
No. of Rio
Parana
Guazu
,
3-I-1988
,
J.E. Heath Coll.
(
one male
,
one female
,
MSHC
)
;
Entre Rios
,
Ruta
12—
8 km
No. of Rio
Parana
Guazu
,
3-I-1988
,
F. Noriega
coll. (
two males
,
MSHC
)
.