Ariasa alboapicata ( Distant, 1905 )

Sanborn, Allen F., 2016, Generic redescription, two new species, and a key to the species of the cicada genus Ariasa Distant, 1905 with the description of a new genus (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Fidicinini), Zootaxa 4137 (4), pp. 501-519 : 507

Ariasa alboapicata ( Distant, 1905)

Tympanoterpes alboapicata Distant 1905: 313 (type material in BMNH).

Ariasa alboapicata Torres 1963: 14 .

Type locality. Argentina .

Remarks. The white spots on the lateral regions of tergite 8 are unique to this species in the genus. The species is known currently only from Argentina ( Metcalf 1963; Duffels & van der Laan 1985; Sanborn 2013) having been collected in most of the north-central region of the country ( Sanborn & Heath 2014). The species has been associated with the Chaco and Espinal floristic provinces in Argentina (Sanborn, et al. 2011a; Sanborn & Heath 2014).

Distribution. Specimens have been reported previously only from Argentina ( Metcalf 1963; Sanborn 2013; Sanborn & Heath 2014).