Proarna Stål, 1864

Sanborn, Allen F., 2020, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Suriname including the description of two new species, five new combinations, and three new records, Zootaxa 4881 (3), pp. 453-481 : 462

Genus Proarna Stål, 1864

Proarna Stål 1864: 61 .

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

Remarks. A head about as wide as mesonotum, eyes scarcely projecting beyond anterior pronotal angle, radial crossvein oriented vertically to radius anterior 2, radius posterior vein and radiomedial crossvein obliquely oriented, large semicircular male opercula, and triangular or small, curved timbal covers characterize species of the genus.

Distribution. Species of the genus have been reported from Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, and numerous islands in the West Indies ( Metcalf 1963a; Duffels & van der Laan 1985; Sanborn 2011a; 2013; 2014a; 2018b; 2019b; 2020c, d, e; Sanborn & Maes 2012; Maes et al. 2012; Sanborn & Heath 2014).