''Katoa'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
cicada
The cicadas () are a superfamily, the Cicadoidea, of insects in the order Hemiptera (true bugs). They are in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, along with smaller jumping bugs such as leafhoppers and froghoppers. The superfamily is divided into tw ...
s from
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainlan ...
.
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 specime ...
is ''
Katoa tenmokuensis''. Formerly placed in the tribe
Tibicinini, after detailed morphological analysis, in 2012 Lee placed the genus among the
Cicadettini, also of the subfamily
Cicadettinae
Cicadettinae is a subfamily of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. About 230 genera and 1,200 described species are placed in the Cicadettinae.
Tribes
These 14 tribes belong to the subfamily Cicadettinae:
* Aragualnini Sanborn, 2018
* Carinetin ...
. After molecular phylogenetic analysis and physical examination, in 2018 Marshal, et al., placed the genus in its own tribe, Katoini, remaining in the subfamily Cicadettinae.
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Species
These six species are members of the genus ''Katoa'':[
* '' Katoa chlorotica'' Chou & Lu, 1997
* '' Katoa neokanagana'' (Liu & G.K.C., 1940)
* '' Katoa paucispina'' Lei & Chou, 1995
* '' Katoa paura'' Chou & Lu, 1997
* '' Katoa taibaiensis'' Chou & Lei, 1995
* '' Katoa tenmokuensis'' Ouchi, 1938
]
References
Cicadettinae
Cicadidae genera
Fauna of Southeast Asia
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