Pacarina puella Davis, 1923

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 : 35

Pacarina puella Davis, 1923

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Cicada signifera Walker, 1858a: 22 . (Orizaba, Vera Cruz, Mexico)

Pacarina puella Davis, 1923 nom. nov. pro Cicada signifera Walker, 1858 , nec Cicada signifera Germar, 1830: 11 .

Remarks. This is a small cicada with eyes projecting beyond the lateral portion of the anterior pronotum ( Fig. 3 ). Pacarina puella can be distinguished from P. schumanni by the lack of piceous or fuscous marking on the medial quarter or third of the male operculum and the lack of a piceous stripe on the medial sternites of the female. It is a dry season cicada that emerges between early December and mid-May ( Wolda 1977; 1989) with differences in the seasonal pattern in Las Cumbres and Barro Colorado Island ( Wolda 1993). The species has been associated with Prosopis ( Sanborn et al. 2012) .

Distribution. The species has an expansive range with records from Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, and the United States of America ( Metcalf 1963a; Duffels & van der Laan 1985; Sanborn et al. 2012; Sanborn 2013; 2014). The species has been reported from Las Cumbres, 15 km north of Panama City ( Wolda 1989; 1993), Las Cumbres, Province of Panama, 150 m altitude in secondary growth forest ( Wolda & Ramos 1992), and from Barro Colorado Island, Panama Canal Zone, 120 m altitude in lowland forest ( Wolda 1977; 1993; Wolda & Ramos 1992).

Material examined. Panama, Colon Prov., Canal Zone, Pipeline Road, Canopy, 9.183 -79.764, 1–Apr–76, STRI _ ENT _ 0 0 0 0 510 ( STRI); Panama, Panama Prov., Curundu, 8.989 -79.551, 26 Nov 1981 to 0 1 Dec 1981, R. Silbergleied, STRI _ ENT _ 0 0 0 0 514 ( STRI); Panama, Colon Prov., Canal Zone, Coco Solo Hospital, 9.35 -79.85, 9–Apr–75, Dodge Engleman STRI _ ENT _0000517 ( STRI).

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FIGURE 3. Comparison of the dorsum and timbal covers of Proarna championi n. comb. to the type species of the genera Proarna and Pacarina. A, Proarna championi n. comb. dorsum; B, Proarna hilaris dorsum; C, Pacarina puella dorsum; D, Proarna championi n. comb. timbal cover; E, Proarna hilaris timbal cover; F, Pacarina puella timbal cover. Scale bar: A–C, 5 mm; D–F, 2 mm.