''Tosena'' is a genus 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
South-East Asia
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.
They are the
type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearing type of a nominal ...
of
tribe
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Tosenini
Tosenini is a tribe of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. There are at least 10 described species in Tosenini, found in the Palearctic and Indomalaya
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of Sou ...
.
Species formerly included in ''Tosena'' are ''
Distantalna splendida'', ''
Formotosena montivaga'', ''
Formotosena seebohmi'' and ''
Trengganua sibylla''.
List of species
The
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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lists:
* ''
Tosena albata''
Distant, 1878
* ''
Tosena depicta''
Distant, 1888
* ''
Tosena dives''
(Westwood, 1842)
* ''
Tosena fasciata''
(Fabricius, 1787)
* ''
Tosena melanoptera''
(White, 1846)
* ''
Tosena mearesiana''
(Westwood, 1842)
* ''
Tosena paviei''
(Noualhier, 1896)
References
External links
A photo of Tosena paviei
Hemiptera of Asia
Taxa named by Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville
Taxa named by Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot
Tosenini
Cicadidae genera
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