Formotosena

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Formotosena
Formotosena seebohmi, female
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Formotosena

Kato, 1925
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Formotosena is a genus of cicadas from Southeast Asia erected by Kato in 1925 to accommodate the species Formotosena seebohmi which was previously placed in the genus Tosena.[1] Members of Formotosena are found in Southeast Asia, including southern China, Hainan and Taiwan.[2]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Kato, M. 1925. Japanese Cicadidae, with descriptions of some new species and genera. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa 15:55-76
  2. ^ Metcalf, Zeno Payne (1963). "Section II: Gaeninae and Cicadinae". General catalogue of the Homoptera, fascicle VIII, Cicadoidea, part 1. Cicadidae. Washington, DC: Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agricultur (for North Carolina State College). pp. 587–919.
  3. ^ Boulard, Michel (2009). "Sur la naissance imaginale de Formotosena montivaga (Distant), grande et somptueuse Cigale asienne. Clarification conceptuelle à propos de cet événement (Rhynchota Cicadomorpha Cicadidae)". L'Entomologiste (in French). 65 (4): 175–180. Abstract