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Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Laos, with the description of four new genera and two new species

Pages 59-81 | Accepted 27 Mar 2014, Published online: 19 Sep 2014
 

Summary

This paper provides the first faunal checklist for the family Cicadidae (Insecta: Hemiptera) in Laos, comprising 60 species belonging to 33 genera. Aetanna pallidula n. sp. and Aetanna curta n. sp. are described as new to science. Cabecita draluobi (Boulard 2003) n. comb. and Hea yunnanensis Chou & Yao 1995 are added to the cicada fauna of Laos. Megapomponia imperatoria (Westwood 1842), which was recorded erroneously, is removed from the fauna. Unipomponia n. gen., Paranosia n. gen., Aetanna n. gen., and Cabecita n. gen. are erected. Nipponosemia Kato 1925 is synonymized with Vagitanus Distant 1918. Transfers of many species from one genus to another are made. Trengganua Moulton 1923 is transferred to Gaeanini Distant 1905 from Tosenini Amyot & Audinet-Serville 1843. Talainga Distant 1890 and Paratalainga He 1984 are transferred to Gaeanini from Talaingini Myers 1929, synonymizing Talaingini n. syn. with Gaeanini. Chloropsalta Haupt 1920 is transferred to Cicadatrini Distant 1905 from Gaeanini. Bijaurana Distant 1912 is placed in Cicadatrini.

Résumé

Les cigales du Laos (Hemiptera : Cicadidae), avec la description de quatre nouveaux genres et de deux nouvelles espèces. Cet article fournit la première liste faunique pour la famille des Cicadidae (Insecta : Hemiptera) du Laos. Cette list inclut 60 espèces de 33 genres. Aetanna pallidula n. sp. et Aetanna curta n. sp. sont nouvelles pour la science. Cabecita draluobi (Boulard 2003) n. comb. et Hea yunnanensis Chou & Yao 1995 sont ajoutés à la faune des cigales du Laos. Megapomponia imperatoria (Westwood 1842), est retiré de la faune du Laos, après une erreur initiale. Les nouveaux genres suivants sont érigés : Unipomponia n. gen., Paranosia n. gen., Aetanna n. gen. et Cabecita n. gen. Nipponosemia Kato 1925 est mis en synonymie avec Vagitanus Distant 1918. Trengganua Moulton 1923 est transféré aux Gaeanini Distant 1905 depuis les Tosenini Amyot & Audinet-Serville 1843. Talainga Distant 1890 et Paratalainga He 1984 sont transférés aux Gaeanini depuis les Talaingini Myers 1929. Les Talaingini n. syn. sont mis en synonymie avec les Gaeanini. Chloropsalta Haupt 1920 est transféré aux Cicadatrini Distant 1905 depuis Gaeanini. Bijaurana Distant 1912 est placé parmi les Cicadatrini.

Acknowledgments

I am indebted to Dr. Jerome Constant (Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Brussels), Allen F. Sanborn (Barry University, Miami Shores), and Dr. Charles Bartlett (University of Delaware, Newark) for the loan of specimens and to Mick Webb (The Natural History Museum, London) for providing image data of holotypes of Paranosia andersoni (Distant Citation1892) and Vagitanus vientianensis Distant Citation1918. I am grateful to Allen F. Sanborn and Stéphane Puissant (Museum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris) for comments and suggestions that improved the manuscript.

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