Proarna bergi ( Distant, 1892 )

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 : 54-55

Proarna bergi ( Distant, 1892)

Tympanoterpes bergi Distant 1892: 61 (type material examined).

Type locality. Argentina.

Remarks. The species was reported from Colombia and Argentina ( Metcalf 1963a; Duffels & van der Laan 1985; Sanborn 2010a) but the reference to Colombia was an error made by Metcalf (1963a) in reading the source of specimens in Distant’s (1892) original paper ( Sanborn 2010a). The distribution described for this species in the literature has been confused due to lack of clarity about the identity of P. bergi and P. bufo ( Torres 1961a) . Currently P. bergi is known only from Argentina with the provinces of Santa Fe and Tucumán specifically named ( Costilla 1969; Costilla et al. 1971; Bolcatto et al. 2006; De Santis et al. 2007). We collected specimens in Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Entre Rios, La Rioja, Santiago del Estero and Tucumán Provinces and a western variety in Catamarca, Jujuy, Salta, and San Luis Provinces. The species is distributed more northernly and westerly than P. bufo . The species is associated with the Chaco, Espinal, Monte, and Pampas floristic province ( Sanborn et al. 2011a).

New provincial records. Prov. Buenos Aires, 8 km North of Ezeiza Airpport on Autopista Ricchieri, 5-I-1992, A. Sanborn & P. Ganter coll. (one male, AFSC) ; Catamarca, 1 km So. of Amadores , 4-I-1988, M.S. & J.S. Heath Coll. (one male, MSHC) ; Catamarca, 1 km So. of Amadores , 4-I-1988, Al Sanborn Coll. (one male, MSHC) ; Catamarca, 1 km So. of Amadores , 4-I-1988, F. Noriega coll. (one male, MSHC) ; Prov . Catamarca, Colonia Nueva Coneta , 9-I-1992, A. Sanborn & P. Ganter coll. (11 males, one female, AFSC) ; Prov . Catamarca, Andalgala , 5–29- X-1973, A. & K. Hulse coll. (two males, one female, AFSC) ; Prov . Catamarca, Andalgala , 1–13-I-1974, A. & K. Hulse coll. (one female, AFSC) ; Cordoba, 36 km E. of Vicuña Mackenna , 22-I-1988, Heath, Sanborn, Noriega Coll. (one male, MSHC) ; Entre Rios, Ruta 12— 8 km No. of Rio Parana Guazu , 3-I-1988, Al Sanborn Coll. (two males, MSHC) ; Jujuy, 9 km No. of Grl. San Martin, 10-I-1988, Heath, Sanborn, Noriega Coll. (one male, MSHC) ; La Rioja, Dto. San Blas de los Sauces, Salicas , 19-I-1988, Heath, Sanborn, Noriega Coll. (three males, MSHC) ; Salta, Yatasto , 17-I-1988, Heath, Sanborn, Noriega Coll. ex. grass (two males, MSHC) ; Salta, Rosario de la Frontera , 17-I-1988, Heath, Sanborn, Noriega Coll. ex. grass (four males, MSHC) ; Salta, 4 km So. of Rosario de la Frontera , 31-XII-1986, J.E. & M.S. Heath Coll. (one male, MSHC) ; Salta, 4 km So. of Rosario de la Frontera , 31- XII-1986, F. Noriega coll. (one male, MSHC) ; Salta, Ruta 68 & Rio Pulares , 1 km No. of El Carril, 16-I-1988, Heath, Sanborn, Noriega Coll. (two males, MSHC) ; Salta, 1 km E. of Macapillo , 9-I-1988, Heath, Sanborn, Noriega Coll. (one male, MSHC) ; Salta, 3.5 km So. of Grl. Enrique Mosconi , 10-I-1988, Heath, Sanborn, Noriega Coll. (one male, MSHC) ; Salta, 4 km No. of Pichinal , 11-I-1988, Heath, Sanborn, Noriega Coll. (one male, MSHC) ; Salta, 3.5 km So. of Grl. Enrique Mosconi , 12-I-1988, Heath, Sanborn, Noriega Coll. (one female, MSHC) ; Salta, General Guemes , 9-I-1988, Heath, Sanborn, Noriega Coll. (one female, MSHC) ; San Luis, ca. Eleodora Lobas , 28-I-1988, J.E. & M.S. Heath, Al Sanborn, & F. Noriega Coll. (one male, MSHC) ; Prov . San Luis, Ruta 7, 3 km East of Mercedes , 6-I-1992, A. Sanborn & P. Ganter coll. (13 males, one female, AFSC) ; Santiago del Estero, Colonia Dora , 30-XII-1986, J.E. Heath Coll. (one male, MSHC) ; Santiago del Estero, Colonia Dora , 30- XII-1986, J.E. & M.S. Heath Coll. (one male, MSHC) ; Santiago del Estero, Colonia Dora , 30-XII-1986, M.S. Heath Coll. (one female, MSHC) ; Santiago del Estero, Colonia Dora , 30-XII-1986, F, Noriega coll. (two males, MSHC) ; Santiago del Estero, Colonia Dora , 30-XII-1986, Al Sanborn Coll. (one male, MSHC) ; Prov . Santiago del Estero, Fernandez, Ruta No . 34, 8-XII-2004, F. Penco leg. (one male, five females, AFSC) .