Formotosena
| Formotosena | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Formotosena seebohmi, female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Cicadomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cicadoidea |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Subfamily: | Tibiceninae |
| Tribe: | Polyneurini |
| Genus: | Formotosena Kato, 1925 |
| Species | |
|
See text. | |
Formotosena is a genus of cicadas from Southeast Asia erected by Kato in 1925 to accommodate the species Formotosena seebohmi which was previously placed in the genus Tosena.[1] Members of Formotosena are found in Southeast Asia, including southern China, Hainan and Taiwan.[2]
List of species
- Formotosena montivaga (Distant, 1889)[3]
- Formotosena seebohmi (Distant, 1904)
References
- ↑ Kato, M. 1925. Japanese Cicadidae, with descriptions of some new species and genera. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa 15:55-76
- ↑ Metcalf, Zeno Payne (1963). "Section II: Gaeninae and Cicadinae". General catalogue of the Homoptera, fascicle VIII, Cicadoidea, part 1. Cicadidae. Washington, DC: Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agricultur (for North Carolina State College). pp. 587–919.
- ↑ Boulard, Michel (2009). "Sur la naissance imaginale de Formotosena montivaga (Distant), grande et somptueuse Cigale asienne. Clarification conceptuelle à propos de cet événement (Rhynchota Cicadomorpha Cicadidae)". L'Entomologiste (in French) 65 (4): 175–180. Abstract
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, January 01, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.