Biology:Ayesha serva

Short description: Genus of cicadas

Ayesha serva
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadidae
Tribe:	Dundubiini
Subtribe:	Orientopsaltriina
Genus:	Ayesha Distant, 1905
Species:	A. serva
Binomial name
Ayesha serva (Walker, 1850)
Synonyms
Species synonymy Ayesha operculissima (Distant, 1881) (Stål, 1870) Distant, 1881 Stål, 1870 Cosmopsaltria vomerigera Cosmopsaltria operculissimam Breddin, 1901 Cicada elopurina Distant, 1881 Kirkaldy, 1902 Dundubia serva Cosmopsaltria serva Walker, 1850 Ayesha spathulata Distant, 1888 (Walker, 1850) Cosmopsaltria spathulata Cosmopsaltria operculissima Stål, 1870 Dundubia lelita Cosmopsaltria spathulata

Ayesha is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. There is only one described species, Ayesha serva.

Further reading

• Moulds, M.S. (2005). "An Appraisal of the Higher Classification of Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea) with Special Reference to the Australian Fauna". Records of the Australian Museum 57 (3): 375–446. ISSN 0067-1975. 

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