Tympanoterpes elegans Berg, 1882

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 : 63

Tympanoterpes elegans Berg, 1882

Tympanoterpes elegans Berg 1882: 40 (type material examined).

Type locality. Argentina, Montevideo, Uruguay, and Brazil.

Remarks. The species was reported from Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay ( Metcalf 1963a). It was reported from the Entre Rios and Santa Fe Provinces ( Berg 1882; Bolcatto et al. 2006; De Santis et al. 2007) in Argentina. The reference to Buenos Aires ( Metcalf 1963a) is actually in reference to the museum housing specimens studied by Berg (1882). We collected specimens in Córdoba, Entre Rios, La Pampa, Rìo Negro, and San Luis Provinces. The species is associated with the Espinal and Pampas floristic provinces ( Sanborn et al. 2011a).

New provincial records. Cordoba, 23–25 km N Huinea Renanco, 10-XII-1986, J.E. Heath Coll. (one male, MSHC); Cordoba, 34 km So. Of Salsacate, 14-XII-1986, F. Noriega Coll. (one male, MSHC); Cordoba, 34 km So. Of Salsacate, 14-XII-1986, Al Sanborn Coll. (one male, MSHC); La Pampa, Junction Rts. 188 & 35 , 10-XII-1986, Al Sanborn Coll. (one male, AFSC); La Pampa, Junction Rts. 188 & 35 , 10-XII-1986, M.S. Heath Coll. (one male, MSHC); Rio Negro, 56 km E Choele Choel, 9-XII-1986, F. Noriega coll. (two males, MSHC); Rio Negro, 56 km E Choele Choel, 9-XII-1986, J.E. Heath Coll. (one male, MSHC); Rio Negro, 56 km E Choele Choel, 9-XII-1986, M.S. & J.E. Heath Coll. (one male, MSHC); Rio Negro, 56 km E Choele Choel, 9-XII-1986, M.S. Heath Coll. (two males, MSHC); Rio Negro, 56 km E Choele Choel, 9-XII-1986, A. Sanborn Coll. (three males, MSHC); San Luis, 4 km N San Jose del Morro, 11-XII-1986, M.S. Heath Coll. (one male, MSHC); San Luis, 3 km S Rt 8 on Rt 148 btw Noschet & Concaran, 5-XII-1981, M.S. & J.E. Heath Coll., EX: Bunchgrass (five males, MSHC).