''Mata'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
cicadas
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 two ...
in the family
Cicadidae
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. There are currently five described species in ''Mata''.
In 2021, three new species were described from
Meghalaya
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,
India
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.
Species
These five species belong to the genus ''Mata'':
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Mata kama''
(Distant, 1881)
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Mata lenonia''
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Mata meghalayana
Mata may refer to:
Places
* Mata, Iran, a village in Kerman Province, Iran
* Mata, Israel, a Moshav in the Judaean Mountains, south-west of Jerusalem, not far from Beit Shemesh
* Mata, Rio Grande do Sul, town in Brazil
* Mata Island, in the Hudso ...
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Mata rama''
Distant, 1912
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Mata ruffordii
Mata may refer to:
Places
* Mata, Iran, a village in Kerman Province, Iran
* Mata, Israel, a Moshav in the Judaean Mountains, south-west of Jerusalem, not far from Beit Shemesh
* Mata, Rio Grande do Sul, town in Brazil
* Mata Island, in the Hudso ...
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References
Further reading
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Cicadidae genera
Oncotympanini
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