A new species of the genus Megapomponia Boulard (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from southern Vietnam, with a revised key to the species of Megapomponia

Abstract

A new cicada species, Megapomponia macilenta Lee, sp. nov., is described from Thu Dau Mot, southern Vietnam. Information on geographic distributions of and a revised key to the species of the genus Megapomponia Boulard are provided.

Keywords:

• Cicada
• Megapomponia macilenta
• taxonomy
• description
• distribution

Acknowledgements

I am indebted to Dr Jerome Constant (Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Brussels) 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 Numbers 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.