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Abstract
This paper provides a faunal checklist for Cicadidae (Insecta: Hemiptera) in Palawan, Philippines, comprising 18 species belonging to 12 genera. Five new species, Platypleura elizabethae Lee, sp. nov., Puranoides goemansi Lee, sp. nov., Purana opaca Lee, sp. nov., Dundubia dubia Lee, sp. nov. and Dundubia flava Lee, sp. nov., are described. Pomponia lactea (Distant, Citation1887) and Ayesha spathulata (Stål, Citation1870) are newly added to the cicada fauna of Palawan. Four species, Chremistica pontianaka (Distant, 1888), Tanna pallida Distant, 1906, Dundubia rufivena Walker, Citation1850 and Tosena fasciata Fabricius, Citation1787, are removed from the cicada fauna of Palawan because the records have been incorrectly documented. Information on geographic distributions is provided.
Acknowledgements
I am indebted to Dr Jerome Constant (Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Brussels) and Dr M.S. Moulds (Australian Museum, Sydney) 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 Grants nos DEB 05–29679 and DEB 07–20664. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.