Proarna invaria ( Walker, 1850 )

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 : 24-25

Proarna invaria ( Walker, 1850) new record

Cicada grisea Germar 1830: 40 . (South America) n. syn.

Cicada invaria Walker 1850: 151 . (South America)

Cicada dexithea Walker 1850: 158 . (Unknown collection locality)

Cicada fulvoviridis Walker 1858a: 23 . (Villa Nova)

Cicada ovatipennis Walker 1858b: 13 . (Colombia)

Proarna germari Distant 1905a nom. nov. pro Cicada grisea Germar, 1830 nec Tettigonia grisea Fabricius, 1775: 140 . ( Colombia) n. syn.

Remarks. Distant (1905a) proposed the replacement name for Cicada grisea Germar, 1830 based on the name being preoccupied. Germar (1830) describes a small cicada that is different from the true Proarna grisea ( Fabricius, 1775) which is a larger, more robust species with significant fore wing infuscation. It appears Distant was correct in his interpretation that Cicada grisea Germar, 1830 was not the same as C. grisea (Fabricius) . Metcalf (1963a) considered Distant’s taxon a junior synonym of P. invaria in his catalog. Wolda & Ramos (1992) resurrected P. germari without comment. Distant (1905a) considered Cicada invaria , C. dexithea , C. fulvoviridis and C. ovatipennis as junior synonyms of his nomen novum suggesting he considered them to represent the same taxon. Since there is no justification as to why P. germari is valid and the image of P. germari on the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute site (http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/biodiversity/species/42778/) is identical to the specimens determined to be P. invaria from several countries, I synonymize Proarna germari n. syn. with Proarna invaria . Under Article 23.1 of the Code, the oldest available name applied to a taxon becomes the valid name of that taxon (ICZN 1999). Cicada grisea Germar, 1830 was invalidated by Distant so that Cicada invaria Walker, 1850 is the oldest available name from the list of synonyms for the taxon under Article 23.3.5 and is required to become the replacement name for the synonyms. As a result, P. germari n. syn. becomes the junior synonym and P. invaria is the valid taxon.

This is the smallest 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 recorded from the Antilles, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Peru, and Venezuela ( Metcalf 1963a; Duffels & van der Laan 1985; Sanborn 2011a; 2013; 2014). Wolda & Ramos (1992) reported P. germari as being collected in Panama but without locality data.

Material examined for new record. “ PANAMA: Darién, / Filo de Talla Lodge / Metetí , 16–20–V–2014 / J.B. Heppner, 145m ” three females ( FSCA); “ COLON: PANAMA / IX–6–1925 / F.W. Walker // Proarna / germari Dist. ?/ det W.T. Davis 1937” one male ( UMMZ); “ Alhajuela, CANAL ZONE / July 18, 1933 / A. Greenball // Proarna / germari Dist. ?/ det W.T. Davis 1937” one female ( UMMZ); “ PANAMA: Panama Prov. / 15 km N El Llano / mv + bl, 13 May 1991 / R. Turnbow ” one female ( UGCA); “ PANAMA: Panama / El Llano-Carti Rd. km. / mk. 13.6, mv + bl, 21 / May 1996, R. Turnbow ” one female ( UGCA); “ PANAMA Colon Prv / Ft. Sherman area / 8 May 1999 / Wappes & Morris ” one male ( UGCA); Cocle Prov., El Valle , 800 m, 19–V–1991 ( UGCA); “ Panama, Panama Prov. / E1 Llano-Carti Rd. / km 10–13; 3–7Jun1984 // R.L Penrose, / F.T. Hovore & / P.H. Sullivan // LACM ENT 274734 ” one female ( LACM); “ Panama, Panama Prov. / E1 Llano-Carti Rd. / km 10–13; 3–7Jun1984 // E. Giesbert, / R.L Penrose, / F.T. Hovore & / P.H. Sullivan // LACM ENT 274735 ” one female ( LACM); “ Panama, Panama Prov. / E1 Llano-Carti Rd. / km 10–13; 3–7Jun1984 // R.L Penrose, / F.T. Hovore & / P.H. Sullivan // LACM ENT 274736 ” one female ( LACM); “ Panama, Panama Prov. / E1 Llano-Carti Rd. / km 10–13; 3–7Jun1984 // R.L Penrose, / F.T. Hovore & / P.H. Sullivan // LACM ENT 274737 ” one female ( LACM); “ PANAMA: Colón Prov. / 2 km S Sabanitas / 1–4.viii.1999 u.v. light / 9o 19’19”N 79o 47’54”W / el. 120 m A. Gillogly ” two females ( TAMU); “ PANAMA: Colón Prov. / 2 km S Sabanitas / 10–13.viii.1999 el. 120 m / taken at light / 9o 19’19”N 79o 47’54”W / el. 120 m A. Gillogly, J. Schaffner ” two females ( TAMU); “ PANAMA: Colón Prov. / 2 km S Sabanitas / 9o 19’19”N 79o 47’54”W / 24.vi.1999 el. 120 m / At light A.R. Gillogly ” one female ( TAMU); “ PANAMA: Panamá Pr. / 3 km E Ipetí / V–3–1992, MV/UV light / Gillogly & Stockwell ” one female ( TAMU); “ PANAMA: Candelaria / Rio-Pequeni, R.P. / 31 March, 1976 / J.T. Whitlaw ” one female ( UDCC), one female ( AFSC); “ PANAMA: El Chorro / Rio Trinidad, R.P. / 28 April, 1976 / J.T. Whitlaw ” one male ( UDCC), one male ( AFSC); “ PANAMA: Ft. Clayton , C.Z. / 5 Jun 1967 / coll: Altman ” one female ( UDCC); “ PANAMA: Rodman Ammo Area CZ / EX: UV Lamp L #4 / coll: J. Gaona / 30 Jun 1975 ” one male ( UDCC); “ PANAMA: Los Santos Pr. / Pedasí / VI–22–1996 / MV light / Gillogly & Schaffner ” one male and one female ( TAMU), one male ( AFSC); “ PANAMA: Colon Prov. / 2 km S of Sabanitas 9°19’ 19”N 79° 47’ 54”W / 24.vi.1999 el. 120 m / At light A.R. Gillogly ” one male and one female ( TAMU); “ PANAMA: Colon Prov. / 2 km S of Sabanitas 9°19’ 19”N 79° 47’ 54”W / 15–19– vii–1999 el. 120 m, UV / Coll. A. Gillogly ” one male ( TAMU); “ PANAMA: Prov. of Chiriqui / 12–VII–1964, David A. Broce / Mosquito trap ” one male ( FSCA); “ Panama: Canal / Zone, La Boca , June 2–3, 1985 / Coll. E. Riley // LSAM / 0300623 ” one male ( LSAM); Panama, Bocas del Toro Prov., Changuinola , El Silencio , 9.3915 - 82.5371, 17–Sep–80, D. Quintero & R. Carranza, STRI_ENT_ 0000343 ( STRI); Panama, Bocas del Toro Prov., Corriente Grande , Campamento , 9.5166 -82.8666, 25–Mar–80, J. Martinez, STRI_ENT_ 0 0 0 0 344 ( STRI).