Proarna grisea ( Fabricius, 1775 )

Sanborn, Allen F., 2020, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Peru including the description of twenty-four new species, three new synonymies, and thirty-seven new records, Zootaxa 4785 (1), pp. 1-129 : 20

Proarna grisea ( Fabricius, 1775)

[ Tettigonia] grisea Fabricius 1775: 678 . (America)

REMARKS. One of the two large Peruvian species of Proarna with specimens reaching body lengths of 26–27 mm. It can be distinguished from P. guttulosa ( Walker, 1858b) by the straight costal margin extending from the base, the presence of infuscation on the nodal line of the fore wing, the stouter body, and the wider pronotum.

DISTRIBUTION. The species has been reported from Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, South America, Venezuela, and the West Indies ( Metcalf 1963a; Sanborn 2013; Sanborn & Heath 2014) with recent records expanding the distribution to include Bolivia ( Sanborn 2019b).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. “ PERU, vic: / Tingo Maria / June 19, 1982 / C. V. Covell Jr.” one female ( AFSC); “ PERU Madre de Dios / nr Puerto Maldonado / Posadas Amazonas / lodge@ Rio Tambopata / S12 48.115 W69 18.019 / 609ft; 3-X-2004 / C R Bartlett” two females ( UDCC); “ PERU: Huanuco / Leonico Prado / Tingo Maria / J. F. Cornell ” two males and three females ( UDCC); “ PERU Madre de Dios / nr Puerto Maldonado / Posadas Amazonas / lodge@ Rio Tambopata / S12 48.115 W69 18.019 / 609ft;(7–10)- X-2004 / C R Bartlett” one female ( AFSC); “ Rio Pichis / Peru 1902 / Pesce Maineri” four females ( MSNG), one female ( AFSC) .