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

Abstract

The Purana abdominalis species group is proposed within the genus Purana Distant, which includes two new species, Purana abdominalis Lee, sp. nov. and Purana nana Lee, sp. nov., from the Philippines. Classification of species groups of the genus Purana is discussed. The genus Formosemia Matsumura, 1917 is resurrected from the junior synonymy with Purana Distant, 1905. Purana apicalis (Matsumura) is transferred to Formosemia stat. rev. to become Formosemia apicalis (Matsumura) comb. nov. A key to the species groups of Purana is provided.

Keywords:

• taxonomy
• Purana abdominalis
• Purana nana
• Formosemia
• Cicadina

Acknowledgements

I am indebted to Dr B.-K. Byun (Korea National Arboretum, Pocheon, Korea) and Dr Jerome Constant (Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium) for the loan of specimens. I am grateful to anonymous reviewers for suggestions that improved the manuscript. This work benefited from support from the University of Connecticut and the National Science Foundation under grant numbers DEB 05-29679 and DEB 07-20664. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.