Ariasa nigrovittata Distant, 1905

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 : 65

Ariasa nigrovittata Distant, 1905

Ariasa nigrovitatta Distant 1905a: 314 (type material examined).

Type locality. Central Brazil, Chapada ( Brazil), and Bolivia.

Remarks. The species was reported from Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil ( Metcalf 1963a) and was recently added to the cicada fauna of Paraguay (Sanborn 2011a). It has been recorded in Córdoba, Jujuy, and Tucumán Provinces in Argentina ( Torres 1945b; Hayward 1960). We collected specimens in Chaco, Córdoba, Salta, Santiago del Estero, and Tucumán Provinces. The species is associated with the Chaco floristic province ( Sanborn et al. 2011a).

New provincial records. Chaco, Pampa del Infierno, 21-XII-1986, Al Sanborn Coll. (one male, two females, MSHC); Chaco, Pampa del Infierno, 21-XII-1986, J.E. Heath Coll. (two males, MSHC); Salta, 9 km S Rts. 9 & 34, 19-XII-1986, J.E. Heath Coll. (one male, MSHC); Santiago del Estero, El Cabure, 9-I-1988, Heath-Sanborn- Noriega Coll. (one male, MSHC).