Proarna hilaris ( Germar, 1834 )

Sanborn, Allen F., 2020, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Trinidad and Tobago including the description of three new species and seven new records, with new records for several additional Caribbean Islands, Zootaxa 4838 (4), pp. 535-565 : 539-540

Proarna hilaris ( Germar, 1834) new record

C[icada] hilaris Germar 1834: 69 . ( Australia?)

Cicada subtincta Walker 1850: 147 . (Assam)

Cicada albiflos Walker 1850: 148 . ( Cuba)

Cicada tomentosa Walker 1858a: 22 . ( Saint Thomas Island)

Remarks. The type locality was listed as questionable with the original Description. The species is not an Australia species but is found in much of the Caribbean basin. It could be considered the cicada most characteristic of the Caribbean based on its wide-ranging distribution limited to Caribbean islands and adjacent maqinland areas. It is the smaller species of Trinidadian Proarna with body lengths of 17–18 mm. The costal margin is straight at the base in this species instead of curving as it does in the larger Proarna olivieri Metcalf, 1963a .

Distribution. The species has been reported previously from the Antilles, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. Vincent, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, and the West Indies ( Metcalf 1963a; Duffels & van der Laan 1985; Sanborn 2013) with the first records for Anegada, Antigua, Grenada, Canoun Island, Mayreau Island and Union Island in the Grenadines, Little St. James, Little Thatch Island, Montserrat, Mosquito Island, St. Kitts, and Trinidad listed below.

Material examined for new record for Trinidad. “ TRINIDAD: St. George /Co., Curepe, CIBC/Station , 20- VII-1975 / K. W. Knopf ” one female ( AFSC); “ TRINIDAD: St. George /Co., Curepe, CIBC/Station , 25-VII-1975 / K. W. Knopf ” one female ( AFSC); “ Petit Valley / TRINIDAD / Station No. 1 / 8 Aug 1973 // T.E. Rogers /Coll.” one female ( FSCA); “ Petit Valley / TRINIDAD / Station No. 1 / 10 June 1970 ” one male and two females ( FSCA); two males ( AFSC).

Material examined for new record for Anegada. “ BRITISH VIRGIN IS.:/ Anegada, sw. coast/20/ 21-x-2004 @u/v/Valentines & Sibleys// Velentine Coll’n/Rec. 2016” one male ( FSCA), one male ( AFSC).

Material examined for new record for Antigua. “ ANTIGUA: Fria r’s Hill / 18-VII-1991 / R.E. Woodruff ” one female ( FSCA); “ ANTIGUA: Christian/Valley , Agr. Exp. Sta./ 14–16-VI-1991 / R.E. Woodruff / blacklight trap ” one female ( AFSC) .

Material examined for new record for Grenada. “ Grenada / Is. Carriacou: Tyrell Bay / 25.vi–14.vii.1999 / P. Gardella ” one female ( MCSN); “WEST INDIES: Grenada / St. David, La Sagesse / 24 June 1998 /coll: L. P. Burgess ” two males ( AFSC) .

Material examined for new record for the Grenadines, Canoun Island. “W. INDIES: Grenadines / Canoun Isl., Crystal/Sands , 7-X-1991 / R.E. Woodruff / blacklight trap ” one female ( FSCA).

Material examined for new record for the Grenadines, Mayreau Island. “ SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES / Mayreau Island , N12°38.42, W61°23.56 / 11.VIII.09, uv trap, cemetary, 72 m /old field, S. Peck 09–51” one female ( AFSC); “ SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES / Mayreau Island , N12°38.45, W61°23.55 / 21.VIII.09, uv trap, old field, 2 nd growth,/ 66 m, S. Peck 09–71” one female ( AFSC); “ SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES / Mayreau Island, N12°38.70, W61°23.25 / Saltwhistle Bay , salt flats forest, 1 m / 12–27.VIII.09, 2 uv traps / S. Peck 09–74” one male and two females ( AFSC); “ SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES / Mayreau Island , N12°38.55, W61°23.58 / 13– 27.VIII.09, malaise, 50m /Thorn scrub forest, S. Peck 09–55” one female ( AFSC); “ SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES / Mayreau Island, N12°38.00, W61°23.73 /S end of island, Salt pond, 1 m / 26.VIII.09, uv trap, herbaceous veg./Behind beach, S. Peck 09–81” one female ( AFSC); “ SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES / Mayreau Island, Station Hill , 30 m / N12°38’ W61°21’45”. Scrub/woodland, uv trap, 2.VIII.08,/ S. Peck & M. de Silva, 08–87” one male and three females ( AFSC)

Material examined for new record for the Grenadines, Union Island . “ SAINT VINCENT & GRENADINES / Union Island, Chatham Bay , Water Rock/Reserve , N12°36.18, W61°26.59, 125 m /2 uv traps, 16.VIII.09 tall forest/ S. Peck 09–64” one female ( AFSC) .

Material examined for new record for Little St. James. “ U. S. VIRGIN IS. / Little St. James /9/ 11-x-1999 / W. Lu coll.// Velentine Coll’n/Rec. 2016” one male ( FSCA) .

Material examined for new record for Little Thatch Island. “ BRITISH VIRGIN IS.:/ Little Thatch I., at /light. 18-x-2004 / S. Valentines-Cooper // Velentine Coll’n/Rec. 2016” one female ( FSCA).

Material examined for new record for Montserrat. “ MONTSERRAT: Centre Hills / Hope Ghaut , E. of Salem / 16°45.944’N, 62°12.727’W / 21 JUNE 2000, 850’/ M.A. Ivie & K.A. Guerrero /at UV light ” one male and one female ( MTEC), two males and one female ( AFSC); “ MONTSERRAT: Centre Hills / Cassava Ghaut , 800’/ 16°45.944’N, 62°12.727’W / 17 JUNE 2000 M.A. Ivie & K.A. Guerrero ” one male ( AFSC) .

Material examined for new record for Mosquito Island. “ BRITISH VIRGIN IS.:/ Mosquito I. 23-X-2008 / Valentine-Cooper & Lu//Velentine Coll’n/Rec. 2016” one female ( FSCA); “ BRITISH VIRGIN IS.:/ Mosquito I. viii-07 / C. Petrovic coll.// Velentine Coll’n/Rec. 2016” one female ( FSCA), one female ( AFSC); “ BRITISH VIRGIN IS.:/ Mosquito I. ix-07 / C. Petrovic coll.// Velentine Coll’n/Rec. 2016” one male and three females ( FSCA), one female ( AFSC); “ BRITISH VIRGIN IS.:/ Mosquito I. vi-07 / C. Petrovic coll.// Velentine Coll’n/Rec. 2016” three females ( FSCA), one female ( AFSC); “ BRITISH VIRGIN IS.:/ Moskito I. (Mosquito)/ at light 21-x-2011 / C. Petrovic coll.// Velentine Coll’n/Rec. 2016” one female ( FSCA).

Material examined for new record for St. Kitts. “ ST. KITTS: Basseterre / Bottom Mattingley/Heights , 1-IX- 1991 / R.E. Woodruff / blacklight trap ” five females ( FSCA); “ ST. KITTS: Basseterre / Bottom Mattingley/Heights , 11–25-VIII-91 / R.E. Woodruff / blacklight trap ” one female ( AFSC); “ ST. KITTS: Basseterre / Bottom Mattingley/ Heights , 9-IX-1991 / R.E. Woodruff / blacklight trap ” one female ( FSCA), one female ( AFSC); “ ST. KITTS: SE Peninsula / E. of Great Salt Pond / 9-IX-1991 / R.E. Woodruff / blacklight trap ” one female ( FSCA); “ ST. KITTS: S.E. Peninsula / Great Salt Pond , 30-VIII- /1991, R.E. Woodruff ” one male ( FSCA), one male ( AFSC); “ ST. KITTS: S.E. Peninsula / Major’s Bay , 30-VIII-91 / R.E. Woodruff / at night ” one male ( FSCA); “ ST. KITTS, W.I./Douglas / 26-IV- 88 / L. Knight ” one female ( AFSC) .