Euterpnosia Explained

Euterpnosia is a genus of cicada native to the island of Formosa, the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, Hainan and mainland Asia - China, Bhutan, Nepal and Vietnam.^[1] The type species is Euterpnosia chibensis Matsumura, 1917. Until 2013 this genus was placed in the subtribe Leptopsaltriina,^[2] but is now considered typical of the Euterpnosiina Lee, 2013.

Species

• Euterpnosia alpina Chen, 2005
• Euterpnosia ampla Chen, 2006
• Euterpnosia arisana Kato, 1925
• Euterpnosia chibensis _(ja) Matsumura, 1917
• Euterpnosia chishingsana Chen & Shiao, 2008
• Euterpnosia crowfooti Distant, 1912 (originally Terpnosia crowfooti) mentioned by Hayashi^[3]
• Euterpnosia hohoguro Kato, 1933 possibly a variant of Euterpnosia viridifrons
• Euterpnosia hoppo _(zh) Matsumura, 1917 Euterpnosia sozanensis Kato, 1925 is a junior synonym.
• Euterpnosia koshunensis Kato, 1927
• Euterpnosia kotoshoensis Kato, 1925
• Euterpnosia laii Lee, 2003
• Euterpnosia latacauta Chen & Shiao, 2008
• Euterpnosia madawdawensis Chen, 2005
• Euterpnosia madhava Distant, 1881 mentioned by Hayashi^[4]
• Euterpnosia olivacea Kato, 1927
• Euterpnosia ruida Lei & Chou, 1997
• Euterpnosia suishana Kato, 1930
• Euterpnosia varicolor Kato, 1926
  • (synonyms) Euterpnosia elongata Lee, 2003
  • (synonyms) Euterpnosia gina Kato, 1931^[5]
• Euterpnosia viridifrons Matsumura, 1917

Others named Euterpnosia

The following are either not Euterpnosia, or there is insufficient information to make a determination as to their current status.

• Euterpnosia chinensis Kato from T'ien Mu-shan,^[6] publication not known
• Euterpnosia inanulata Kishida, 1929 was a female Leptosemia takanonis.^[7]
• Euterpnosia iwasakii Matsumura, 1913?, locale Ryukyu Archipelago,^[8] publication not known
• Euterpnosia okinawana authority not known, locale Ryukyu Archipelago,^[9] publication not known
• Euterpnosia sinensis Chen, locale not known, publication not known^[10]

References

• Chen, Chen-Hsiang . Shiao, Shiuh-Feng. 2008. Two new species of the genus Euterpnosia Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from Taiwan. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 84. 2. 81 - 91. 10.3956/2007-02.1. 84753009.
• Chen, Jian-Hong. 2005. Redescription of Euterpnosia varicolor, and description of two new species of cicadas from Taiwan (Hemiptera: Cicadidae). Collection and Research. 18. 37 - 50. https://web.archive.org/web/20131225010751/http://web2.nmns.edu.tw/PubLib/Library/research/200512-37.pdf. 25 December 2013. live.
• Chen, Jian-Hong. 2006. Euterpnosia ampla, a New Species of Cicada from Taiwan (Hemiptera: Cicadidae). BioFormosa. 41. 2. 71 - 76. https://web.archive.org/web/20131225020319/http://140.122.143.143/formosa/2006.41.2/2006-41-2-71-76.pdf. 25 December 2013. dead.
• Book: Chou, I. . Lei, Z. . Li, L. . Lu, X. . Yao, Wei . 1997. The Cicadidae of China (Homoptera: Cicadoidea) (中国蝉科志 / 同翅目. 蝉总科). Chinese, English. Hong Kong. Tianze Eldoneio. 202 - 203. 978-962-7655-04-6.
• Hayashi, Masami. 1974. A revision of the tribe Cicadini in the Ryukyu Archipelago. Mushi. Fukuoka, Japan. 47. 155 - 166.
• Kato, Masayo . Masayo Kato . Japanese Cicadidae, with descriptions of new species. Japanese. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa. 15. 1 - 47.
• Kato, Masayo. 1925. Japanese Cicadidae, with descriptions of new species. Japanese. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa. 15. 1 - 47.
• Kato, Masayo. 1925. Japanese Cicadidae, with descriptions of two new species, one new subspecies and an aberrant form. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa. 15. 92 - 101.
• Kato, Masayo. 1926. Japanese Cicadidae, with descriptions of four new species. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa. 16. 171 - 176.
• Kato, Masayo. 1927. Descriptions of some new Japanese and exotic Cicadidae. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa. 17. 274 - 283.
• Kato, Masayo. 1930. Notes on the distribution of Cicadidae in Japanese Empire. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan. 2. 36 - 76.
• Book: Kato, Masayo. 1933. 原色日本昆蟲圖鑑 (Three colour illustrated insects of Japan) Fasc. 3 (Homoptera). Japanese . Tokyo. Kôseikaku. 33459691.
• Lee, Young June . Hayashi, Masami. 2003. Taxonomic review of Cicadidae (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha) from Taiwan, part 2. Dundubiini (a part of Cicadina) with two new species. Insecta Koreana. 20. 359 - 392. https://web.archive.org/web/20131224230408/http://digimuse.nmns.edu.tw/DigiMuse/XML/files/000001/80/22/2f/0900000180222f2f.pdf. 24 December 2013. live.
• Matsumura, Shōnen. Shōnen Matsumura. 1917. A list of the Japanese and Formosan Cicadidae, with description of new species and genera. Transactions of the Sapporo Natural History Society. 6. 186 - 212.

Notes and References

1. For Vietnam see Pham, Hong Thai . Yang, Jeng-Tze. 2009. A contribution to the Cicadidae fauna of Vietnam (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha), with one new species and twenty new records. Zootaxa. 2249. 1 - 19. 10.11646/zootaxa.2249.1.1. Abstract
2. Lee, Young June . Hill, Kathy B. R.. 2010. Systematic revision of the genus Psithyristria Stal (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) with seven new species and a molecular phylogeny of the genus and higher taxa. Systematic Entomology. 35. 2. 277–305. 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00509.x. 2010SysEn..35..277J . 85033043.
3. copy not seen Hayashi, Masami. 1978. The Cicadidae (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha) from East and Central Nepal (Part I). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series A (Zoology). 4. 163 - 195. from copy not seen Distant, William Lucas. William Lucas Distant. 1912. LVI.—Descriptions of some new Homoptera. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 10. 58. 438 - 446. 10.1080/00222931208693257.
4. copy not seen Hayashi, Masami. 1978. Ergebnisse der Bhutan-Expedition 1972 des Naturhistorischen Museums in Basel. Homoptera: Fam. Cicadidae. Entomologica Basiliensia. 3. 57 - 65. page 62. ; from Distant, William Lucas. William Lucas Distant. 1881. Descriptions of a new species belonging to the Homopterous family Cicadidae. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 1881. 4. 627 - 648. 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1881.tb00885.x.
5. Book: Allen F. Sanborn. Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). 31 October 2013. Elsevier . . 2013 . 978-0-12-416638-7. en.
6. copy not seen Lingnan Science Journal, Volume 19, page 421 snippet view Google Books
7. copy not seen Book: Lee, Young June. 1995. The cicadas of Korea. Seoul. Jonah Publications. Korean.
8. mentioned in Hayashi, 1974, and 八重山群島学術調查報告 (Academic survey Yaeyama Islands), 1963, pages 118 - 120
9. in Transactions of the Shikoku Entomological Society (1967) volume 9, issue 4, page 142, copy not seen Google Books snippet view
10. mentioned in 中国经济昆虫学.增订版 (Economic Entomology of China, revised edition), text not readable