Sinotympana incomparabilis

Sinotympana incomparabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Sinotympana
Lee, 2009
Species: S. incomparabilis
Binomial name
Sinotympana incomparabilis
Lee, 2009 [1]

Sinotympana incomparabilis is a new species of cicada from southern China that was discovered among a group of unidentified specimens in the Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique in Brussels. It is the only species in the genus Sinotympana.[2]

References

  1. ^ Young June Lee (2009). "A new genus and a new species of Cicadidae (Insecta: Hemiptera) from China". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 122 (1): 87–90. doi:10.2988/08-29.1. 
  2. ^ Wheeler, Quentin (June 6, 2010). "New to Nature No 9: Sinotympana incomparabilis". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/jun/06/new-to-nature-sinotympana-incomparabilis. Retrieved June 6, 2010.