Tosena albata explained

Tosena albata is a cicada species from Southeast Asia. It was described by William Lucas Distant in 1878^[1] who, however, subsequently regarded it as a variety of Tosena melanoptera.^[2] However, in 2000 Boulard confirmed the species status of Tosena albata by comparing its song with that of other Tosena species.^[3] T. albata has hitherto been recorded from Thailand,^{[4] [5]} Nepal,^[6] North India,^[7] and Northwestern Himalaya^[8]

External links

• Song of Tosena albata

Notes and References

1. Distant, W.L. 1878. Notes on some Hemiptera-Homoptera, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 26(2):173–179
2. Distant, W. L. 1889-1892. A monograph of Oriental Cicadidae. West, Newman & Co., London
3. Tosena albata (Distant, 1878), bonne espèce confirmée par l'acoustique. Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Biologie et Evolution des Insectes.
4. Boulard, M. The cicadas of Thailand volume 2: taxonomy and sonic ethology. Monograph Series Volume 5. Siri Scientific Press, Rochdale
5. 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
6. Naruse, K., Takagi, S. 1977. Records of six species of Cicadidae from Nepal, with description of a new species (Homoptera). Insecta matsumurana. Series entomology. New series, 11:73-80
7. Atkinson, E.T. 1885. Notes on Indian Rhynchota, No. 3. Journal of the Asiatic Society Bengal. 54:76-117
8. Distant, W.L. 1878. Notes on some Hemiptera-Homoptera, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 26(2):173–179