A Checklist of Cicadidae (Insecta: Hemiptera) from Vietnam, with Some Taxonomic Remarks

Abstract

This paper provides the first checklist of Cicadidae (Hemiptera) from Vietnam, comprising 111 species belonging to 36 genera. In addition, the following taxonomic changes are proposed: Aola Distant, 1905 syn. nov. is synonymized with Haphsa Distant, 1905; Cicada orientalis (Distant, 1912) is transferred to Pomponia Stål, 1866 to become Pomponia orientalis (Distant, 1912) comb. nov.; Pomponia scitula Distant, 1888 and Aola bindusara (Distant, 1881) are transferred to Haphsa Distant, 1905 to become Haphsa scitula (Distant, 1888) comb. nov. and Haphsa bindusara (Distant, 1881) comb. nov.; Platylomia divergens (Distant, 1917), Platylomia assamensis Distant, 1905, Platylomia diana Distant, 1905, Platylomia saturata (Walker, 1858) and Platylomia pieli Kato, 1938 are transferred to Macrosemia Kato, 1925 to become Macrosemia divergens (Distant, 1917) comb. nov., Macrosemia assamensis (Distant, 1905) comb. nov., Macrosemia diana (Distant, 1905) comb. nov., Macrosemia saturata (Walker, 1858) comb. nov. and Macrosemia pieli (Kato, 1938) comb. nov.; Cryptotympana corvus (Walker, 1850) is removed from the Vietnamese fauna because this record is thought to have been based on a misidentification. Taxonomic remarks and information on geographic distributions are also provided.

The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka: an annotated provisional catalogue, regional checklist and bibliography

“…The type locality (Thaungyang Valley, Tennasserim) and Mathur's locality Tavoy (now Dawei) are both in the far south of Myanmar thus this species has been removed from the Indian list. Subsequent "India" localities as stated in Sanborn (2014), in reference to Boulard (2001b), Sanborn et al (2007) and Lee (2008), are likely to have resulted from this initial error. Hayashi (1993) excluded this species from India.…”

“…Authority: Jacobi 1905; Sanborn (2014) states "India" in reference to Hua (2000), which may have been a mistranslation of Indochina, and to Lee (2008), which may be a repeat of the record from Hua (2000).…”

“…Holotype is a female from "Tenasserim: Houngdarau Valley" (MSNG). Not from India: Sanborn (2014) states India in reference to Sanborn et al (2007) and Lee (2008), however their inclusion of India is in reference to previous distributions that may be incorrect, having resulted from Indo-China being included as India. Further evidence is required before this species can be included in the fauna of this region.…”

Descriptions of two new species of thePurana abdominalisspecies group (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadini) from the Philippines, with a key to the species groups ofPurana

“…This genus belongs to the subtribe Cicadina of the tribe Cicadini (Lee 2008). In Cicadina, Purana is a member of a genus group together with nine other genera having one to three pairs of tubercles on the abdominal sternite(s) in males (Figures 1B,4B,7B,8B,11B,12B,13B,14B): Maua Distant, 1905, Gudaba Distant, 1906, Calcagninus Distant, 1889, Leptopsaltria Stål, 1866, Tanna Distant, 1905, Taiwanosemia Matsumura, 1917, Nabalua Moulton, 1923, Inthaxara Distant, 1913 and Formocicada Lee and Hayashi, 2004.…”

Descriptions of Two New Species of thePlatylomia spinosaSpecies Group (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)

“…Stål (1870) erected the genus Platylomia as a subgenus of Cosmopsaltria Stål, 1866 with Cicada flavida Guérin-Méneville, 1834 as the single species of the genus. This genus belongs to the subtribe Dundubiina of the tribe Cicadini in the subfamily Cicadinae, following the classification of Lee (2008).…”