Proarna sallaei Stål, 1864

Sanborn, Allen F., 2018, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Panama including the description of six new species, three new combinations, one new synonymy, and nine new records, Zootaxa 4493 (1), pp. 1-69 : 26

Proarna sallaei Stål, 1864

Proarna sallaei Stål 1864: 61 . (Vera Cruz, Mexico)

Remarks. The largest of the Panamanian Proarna species. It can be distinguished by the fore wing infuscation on all crossveins, the distal wing veins between apical cells, and the ambient veins in apical cells 3-8, the radial crossvein intersects apical cell 1 in the middle and at a right angle, the transversely oriented, straight posterior margin of the male opercula, and the large lateral areas of white pubescence on the thorax and abdomen in fresh specimens.

Distribution. The species has been reported from Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama ( Metcalf 1963a; Duffels & van der Laan 1985; Sanborn 2013; 2014; Sanborn & Maes 2012; Maes et al. 2012). This species was collected at Miramar, Province of Bocas del Toro at sea level ( Wolda & Ramos 1992) in Panama.

Material examined. “ PANAMA: Bocas / del Toro Prov. / Zegla, 20–IV–85 / R.W. Flowers—lt ” two females ( FSCA) ; “ PANAMA: Bocas / del Toro Prov. / Zegla, 20–IV–1985 / R.W. Flowers—lt ” two females ( FSCA) .