Genus Proarna Stål, 1864

Proarna Stål 1864: 61 .

Type species. Cicada hilaris Germar 1834: 69 (Australia?).

Diagnosis. Species of Proarna are characterized by the head being about as wide as the mesonotum, eyes barely projecting beyond the anterior angle of the pronotum, the radial crossvein of the fore wing is oriented vertically to radius anterior 2 and radius posterior veins, the fore wing radiomedial crossvein is obliquely oriented, males possess large semicircular opercula, and triangular or small, curved timbal covers.