Proarna olivieri Metcalf, 1963a

Sanborn, Allen F., 2024, The cicada (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) fauna of the Lesser Antilles sensu lato with the description of two new species, two new combinations, and a key to species, Zootaxa 5497 (1), pp. 33-69 : 44

Proarna olivieri Metcalf, 1963a

Cicada albida Olivier 1790: 755 (Cape of Good Hope, Suriname).

Proarna olivieri Metcalf 1963a nom. nov. pro Cicada albida Olivier, 1790 nec Cicada albida Gmelin, 1789: 380 .

Diagnosis. This is one of the larger Proarna species in the Lesser Antilles with with body lengths of 22.9–24.2 mm and fore wing lengths of 30.0– 33.3 mm. Proarna hilaris and Proarna invaria can be quickly separated based on their smaller body and fore wing lengths. The costal margin is strongly curved at the base and there is infuscation on the veins separating the apical cells in this species both of which are absent in Proarna squamigera .

Distribution. The species has been reported from Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, and Venezuela ( Metcalf 1963a; Duffels & van der Laan 1985; Sanborn 2011a; 2013; 2014; 2020a; 2023a). Distant (1881a), Jacobi (1907), Cullen (1974) and Sanborn (2007a, b; 2010) reported the species from Trinidad without specific locality data with Sanborn (2020a) providing the first specific locality information for the species in the Lesser Antilles.

Material examined. “ Petit Valley / TRINIDAD / Station No. 1 / 10 June 1970 // T. E. Rogers / Coll.” one female ( FSCA); “ Petit Valley / TRINIDAD / Station No. 1 / 8 Aug 1973 // T. E. Rogers / Coll.” one male ( AFSC) “ Petit Valley / TRINIDAD / Station No. 1 / 7 Aug 1972 // T. E. Rogers / Coll.” one male ( AFSC) .