Distantalna splendida is a cicada species from Southeast Asia, and the sole member of the genus Distantalna. It was previously placed in the genus Tosena. A characteristic that distinguishes Distantalna splendida from the Tosena species is the partly pale hyaline tegmina and wings. The species of Tosena do not have hyaline parts in the tegmina and wings.[1] It has been recorded from India, Myanmar and Thailand.[2][3]
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| Distantalna splendida | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Subfamily: | Cicadinae |
| Tribe: | Tosenini |
| Genus: | Distantalna Boulard, 2009 |
| Species: | D. splendida
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| Binomial name | |
| Distantalna splendida (Distant, 1878)
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References
edit- ^ Distant, W. L. 1889-1892. A monograph of Oriental Cicadidae. West, Newman & Co., London
- ^ Distant, W. L. 1889-1892. A monograph of Oriental Cicadidae. West, Newman & Co., London
- ^ Sanborn, A.F., Phillips, P.K. and Sites, R.W. 2005. The Cicadas of Thailand (Hemiptera: Cicadidae). Poster. 2005 Ecological Society of America Annual meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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