''Euterpnosia'' is a genus of
cicada native to the island of
Formosa
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, the
Ryukyu Archipelago
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, Japan,
Hainan
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and mainland Asia - China,
Bhutan
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,
Nepal
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and Vietnam. The
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
is ''
Euterpnosia chibensis''
Matsumura, 1917. Until 2013 this genus was placed in the subtribe
Leptopsaltriina
Leptopsaltriini is a tribe of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. There are at least 200 described species in Leptopsaltriini, found in the Palearctic, Nearctic, and Indomalaya.
Genera
''BioLib'' includes the following genera in six subtribes:
; ...
, 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
* ''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
* ''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
* ''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, publication not known
* ''Euterpnosia inanulata''
Kishida, 1929 was a female ''Leptosemia takanonis''.
* ''Euterpnosia iwasakii''
Matsumura, 1913?, locale Ryukyu Archipelago, publication not known
* ''Euterpnosia okinawana'' authority not known, locale Ryukyu Archipelago, publication not known
* ''Euterpnosia sinensis''
Chen, locale not known, publication not known
[mentioned i]
中国经济昆虫学.增订版
(''Economic Entomology of China'', revised edition), text not readable
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Insects of Asia
Auchenorrhyncha genera
Taxa named by Shōnen Matsumura
Leptopsaltriini
Cicadidae genera