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]

Distantalna splendida
Distantalna splendida
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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
Binomial name
Distantalna splendida
(Distant, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Tosena splendida Distant, 1878
Specimen of Distantalna splendida

References

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  1. ^ Distant, W. L. 1889-1892. A monograph of Oriental Cicadidae. West, Newman & Co., London
  2. ^ Distant, W. L. 1889-1892. A monograph of Oriental Cicadidae. West, Newman & Co., London
  3. ^ 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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