Biology:Mata (cicada)

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Short description: Genus of true bugs

Mata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Tribe: Oncotympanini
Genus: Mata
Distant, 1906
Species

5, see text.

Mata is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. There are currently five described species in Mata.[1] In 2021, three new species were described from Meghalaya, India .[2]

Species

These five species belong to the genus Mata:[3][2]

  • Mata kama (Distant, 1881)
  • Mata lenonia Sarkar, Mahapatra, Mohapatra, Nair & Kunte, 2021
  • Mata meghalayana Sarkar, Mahapatra, Mohapatra, Nair & Kunte, 2021
  • Mata rama Distant, 1912
  • Mata ruffordii Sarkar, Mahapatra, Mohapatra, Nair & Kunte, 2021

References

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q55261804 entry