Chonosia crassipennis (Walker, 1858)

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 : 82

Chonosia crassipennis (Walker, 1858)

Fidicina crassipennis Walker 1858b: 9 (type material examined).

[ Chonosia crassipennis ] var. metequei Delétang 1919 nom. nud.: 85. syn. n.

Type locality. South America .

Remarks. References to C. crassipennis are recorded from Catamarca, Córdoba, La Rioja, Mendoza, Neuquén, Río Negro, San Luis, Santiago del Estero, and Tucumán ( Delétang 1919; Torres 1945a; De Santis et al. 2007). Chonosia crassipennis var. metequei Delétang, 1919 nom. nud. is considered a local color variation and not a distinct taxon since it has not been officially described under the Code. We collected this species in Catamarca, La Rioja, Mendoza, and San Juan Provinces. The range of the species now extends into Paraguay (Sanborn 2011a). The species is associated with the Monte floristic province ( Sanborn et al. 2011a).

New provincial records. San Juan, 5 km So. of San Agustin de Valle Fertil , 8-I-1987, Al Sanborn Coll. (two males, one female, MSHC, two males, AFSC) ; San Juan, 5 km So. of San Agustin de Valle Fertil , 8-I-1987, M.S. & J.E. Heath Coll. (one male, two females, MSHC) ; San Juan, 5 km So. of San Agustin de Valle Fertil , 8-I-1987, J.E. Heath Coll. (two males, MSHC) ; San Juan, 5 km So. of San Agustin de Valle Fertil , 8-I-1987, F. Noriega Coll. (four males, MSHC) ; San Juan, 5 km So. of San Agustin de Valle Fertil , 8-I-1987, F. Noriega coll. (one female, AFSC) .