Biology:Tosena

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Tosena (from Chinese: 篤蟬; pinyin: dǔchán; Wade–Giles: tu3 ch'an2; literally: 'thick cicada'[1]) is a genus of cicadas from South-East Asia.[2][3] Species formerly included in Tosena are Distantalna splendida, Formotosena montivaga, Formotosena seebohmi, Trengganua sibylla[4] and two species now placed in Vittagaeana, with Tosena the only genus of tribe Tosenini.[5]

List of species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:[2]

  1. Tosena albata Distant, 1878
  2. Tosena depicta Distant, 1888
  3. Tosena fasciata (Fabricius, 1787) - type species
  4. Tosena melanoptera (White, 1846)
  5. Tosena mearesiana (Westwood, 1842)

Note: Two species, Tosena dives and T. paviei, in this "taxonomically unstable group of Asian cicada tribes", were moved by Hill et al. in 2021 to the new genus Vittagaeana: now placed in the Gaeanini.

References

  1. Amyot CJB, Audinet-Serville, JG (1843) Homoptères. Homoptera Latr. [In] Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Deuxième partie: 455-483. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, 676 pages.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Tosena Amyot & Serville, 1843" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/4778351. Retrieved 2 April 2019. 
  3. Distant, W. L. 1889-1892. A monograph of Oriental Cicadidae. West, Newman & Co., London
  4. "Tosenini - Cicadas of India". http://www.indiancicadas.org/tx/28-Tosenini. 
  5. Hill KBR, Marshall DC, Marathe K, Moulds MS, Lee YJ, Pham HT, Mohagan AB, Sarkar V, Price BW, Duffels JP, Schouten MA, de Boer AJ, Kunte K, Simon C (2021) The molecular systematics and diversification of a taxonomically unstable group of Asian cicada tribes related to Cicadini Latreille, 1802 (Hemiptera : Cicadidae). Invertebrate Systematics, 35, 570–601. DOI

Wikidata ☰ Q7827588 entry