Ariasa urens (Walker, 1852)

Cicada torrida Walker 1850: 151 (type material in BMNH).

Cicada urens Walker 1852 nom. nov. pro Cicada torrida Walker, 1850 nec Cicada torrida Erichson, 1842: 1125 .

Ariasa urens Distant 1906: 90 .

Ariasa quaerenda Kirkaldy 1909: 391 .

Type locality. British Guiana.

Remarks. One of the two small species in the genus along with A. diupsilon . These species may form a complex within the genus as they share general morphological characteristics and are of similar size.

Distribution. Specimens have been reported previously from British Guiana and Guiana (Metcalf 1963).