Zammara strepens Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843

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 : 51

Zammara strepens Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843

Cicada tympanum Palisot de Beavois 1813: 132 .

Zammara strepens Amyot & Audinet-Serville 1843: 469 nom. nov. pro Cicada tympanum Palisot de Beauvois, 1813 [nec Cicada tympanum Fabricius, 1803b ].

Type locality. Santo Domingo , Brazil.

Remarks. Previous records for Z. tympanum (Fabricius) in Argentina appear to be references to the invalid Cicada tympanum Palisot de Beauvois, 1813 . The previous records for Z. tympanum ( Metcalf 1963a) are from northeastern Argentina where the specimens studied were collected. Zammara strepens is also distributed in southeastern Brazil ( Amyot & Audinet-Serville 1843; Metcalf 1963a). Zammara tympanum appears to be a more northernly distributed species with records from Brazil, Peru, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and Belize ( Metcalf 1963a; Duffels & van der Laan 1985; Sanborn 2006b; 2011b; 2013). Zammara strepens has been reported from Argentina, Brazil, and French Guiana ( Metcalf 1963a; Sanborn 2011b; 2013; Sanborn et al. 2011a) but no specific locations within Argentina were provided. We collected the species in the understory of the Paranense floristic province ( Sanborn et al. 2011a).

New provincial records. Misiones, Cataratas, 24-XII-1986, J.E. & M.S. Heath Coll. (one male, MSHC); Misiones, Campo Viera , F.H. Walz, XII–1955 (one male, FSCA, one male AFSC); Misiones, Parque Nacional Iguazú, Research Station CIES , 185 msnm, 6-I-2008, HG/ Search, S 25 o 40.733’ W 54 o 26.972’, Moulds, Hill, Marshall & Goemans 08.AR.MN.IES (15 males and 11 females, UCMS).