Proarna dactyliophora Berg, 1879

Sanborn, Allen F. & Heath, Maxine S., 2014, The cicadas of Argentina with new records, a new genus and fifteen new species (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae), Zootaxa 3883 (1), pp. 1-94 : 56

Proarna dactyliophora Berg, 1879

Proarna dactyliophora Berg 1879: 143 (type material examined).

Type locality. Tucumán, Argentina.

Remarks. The species may represent a complex of species based on geographic variability in the coloration patterns. The species has been collected in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, and Venezuela ( Metcalf 1963a; De Santis et al. 2007; Sanborn 2007a; 2010a; 2011a). The species was reported from Catamarca, Chaco, Córdoba, Corrientes, Formosa, La Rioja, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, and Tucumán Provinces in Argentina ( Berg 1879; Hayward 1942; Torres 1946; Hayward 1960; Bolcatto et al. 2006; De Santis et al. 2006; De Santis et al. 2007). We collected specimens in Chaco, Córdoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, La Pampa, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán Provinces in Argentina. The species is associated with the Chaco floristic province ( Sanborn et al. 2011a).

New provincial records. Entre Rios, Dto. Federacion , Ruta 14— 2.5 km So. of Corrientes, 4-I-1988, M.S. Heath Coll. (two males, MSHC) ; Entre Rios, Dto. Federacion , Ruta 14— 2.5 km So. of Corrientes, 4-I-1988, J.E. Heath Coll. (one male, MSHC) ; Entre Rios, Dto. Federacion , Ruta 14— 2.5 km So. of Corrientes, 4-I-1988, Al Sanborn Coll. (one male, one female, MSHC) ; Entre Rios, Dto. Federacion , Ruta 14— 2.5 km So. of Corrientes, 4-I-1988, F. Noriega coll. (two males, one female, MSHC) ; Entre Rios, Dto. Gualeguaychu, Ruta 14— 3 km So. of Rio Gualeguaychu, 3-I-1988, M.S. Heath Coll. (one male, MSHC) ; Entre Rios, Dto. Gualeguaychu, Ruta 14— 3 km So. of Rio Gualeguaychu, 3-I- 1988, J.E. Heath Coll. (two males, MSHC) ; Entre Rios, Dto. Gualeguaychu, Ruta 14— 3 km So. of Rio Gualeguaychu, 3-I-1988, Al Sanborn Coll. (three males, MSHC) ; Entre Rios, Dto. Gualeguaychu, Ruta 14— 3 km So. of Rio Gualeguaychu, 3-I-1988, F. Noriega coll. (three males, MSHC) ; Entre Rios, Dto. Concordia, Ruta 14 & A del Pedernal , 3-I-1988, Heath-Sanborn-Noriega Coll. (one male, MSHC) ; La Pampa, Rt . 35— 33 km SW Rt. 152, 4-XII- 1981, M.S. & J.E. Heath coll. EX: Prosopis (two males, MSHC) ; La Pampa, 20 km N Santa Rosa , 10-XII-1986 ( MSHC) ; La Pampa, 20 km No. of Santa Rosa, 10-XII-1986, F. Noriega coll. EX: Mesquite (one male, MSHC) .