Nelcyndana Explained

Nelcyndana is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae, found in southeast Asia and the Philippines. There are about five described species in Nelcyndana.

Nelcyndana is the only genus of the tribe Nelcyndanini.

Species

These five species belong to the genus Nelcyndana:

• Nelcyndana borneensis Duffels, 2010
• Nelcyndana madagascariensis (Distant, 1905)
• Nelcyndana mulu Duffels, 2010
• Nelcyndana tener (Stal, 1870)
• Nelcyndana vantoli Duffels, 2010

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2nd. 0-8493-0212-9.
• Moulds . M.S.. 2005. An Appraisal of the Higher Classification of Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea) with Special Reference to the Australian Fauna. Records of the Australian Museum. 57. 3. 375–446. 0067-1975 . 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1447. free.
• Moulds . M.S.. 2018. Cicada fossils (Cicadoidea: Tettigarctidae and Cicadidae) with a review of the named fossilised Cicadidae. Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 4438. 3. 443–470. 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.2. 30313130. free.
• Sanborn . Allen F.. 2010. The cicadas of Colombia including new records and the description of a new species (Hemiptera: Cicadidae). Journal of Natural History. 44. 25–26. 1577–1607. 1464-5262 . 10.1080/00222931003760046. 2010JNatH..44.1577S.
• Book: 2018-07-04. Sanborn . Allen. 2013. Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Academic Press. 1. 9780124166479.
• Sanborn . A.F.. Phillips . P.K.. 2013. Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico. Diversity. 5. 2. 166–239 . 10.3390/d5020166. free.
• Sanborn . Allen F.. Phillips . Polly K.. Gillis . Philip. 2008. The Cicadas of Florida (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae). Zootaxa. 1916. 1–43. 1175-5334.
• Van Duzee . E.P.. 1915. A preliminary review of the West coast Cicadidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 23. 1. 21–44.