Macrosemia Explained

Macrosemia^[1] is a genus of Asian cicadas in the tribe Dundubiini. Species records are from Taiwan and the eastern Asian mainland, including Indo-China.

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:^[2]

• Macrosemia anhweiensis Ouchi, 1938
• Macrosemia assamensis (Distant, 1905)
• Macrosemia beaudouini (Boulard, 2003)
• Macrosemia diana (Distant, 1905)
• Macrosemia divergens (Distant, 1917)
• Macrosemia hopponis (Kato, 1925) - type species (as Platylomia hopponis Kato, 1925)
• Macrosemia juno (Distant, 1905)
• Macrosemia kareisana (Matsumura, 1907)
• Macrosemia khuanae Boulard, 2001
• Macrosemia kiangsuensis Kato, 1938
• Macrosemia lamdongensis Pham, Bui & Constant, 2016^[3]
• Macrosemia matsumurai (Kato, 1928)
• Macrosemia perakana (Moulton & J.C., 1923)
• Macrosemia pieli (Kato, 1938)
• Macrosemia sapaensis (Luu, Pham, Bui & Constant, 2022)^[4]
• Macrosemia saturata (F.Walker, 1858)
• Macrosemia suavicolor Boulard, 2008
• Macrosemia sulaiyai (Boulard, 2005)
• Macrosemia tonkiniana (Jacobi, 1905)
• Macrosemia umbrata (Distant, 1888)
  • synonyms: Cosmopsaltria umbrata Distant, 1888; Macrosemia chantrainei Boulard, 2003; Platylomia umbrata Moulton & J.C., 1912

External links

• • Photos on Cicada Mania

Notes and References

1. Kato (1925) Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa, 15.
2. https://www.gbif.org/species/4772505 GBIF: Macrosemia Kato, 1925 (retrieved 7 September 2020)
3. Pham Hong Thai, Bui Minh Hong, Constant J (2016) The cicada genus Macrosemia Kato, 1925 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from Vietnam, with the description of a new species and keys to the species. Tap chi Sinh hoc, 38(3): 316-323. DOI:10.15625/0866-7160/v38n3.6632.
4. Vietnam Forest Museum, Vietnam . Luu . Yen Hoang . Graduate School of Science and Technology, VAST, Vietnam . Pham . Thai Hong . Mientrung Institute for Scientific Research, VAST . Bui . Hong Minh . Department of Biology, Hanoi National University of Education, Vietnam . Constant . Jérôme . Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium . 2022-06-15 . A new species of the genus Macrosemia from Vietnam . Ministry of Science and Technology, Vietnam . 64 . 2 . 82–85 . 10.31276/VJSTE.64(2).82-85. free .