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| Macrosemia fengi Wang, in Wang, 2024. |
Abstract
Background:
The genus Macrosemia Kato, 1925 (Hemiptera, Cicadidae, Cicadinae, Dundubiini, Dundubiina) currently includes 16 species (excluding subspecies and varieties), mainly occurring in the Oriental Region. More than half of them, 10 species, are known from China, including one new species, described in the present study.
New information:
A new species of cicada, Macrosemia fengi Wang sp. nov., is described from Yunnan and Guizhou, southwest China. Colour plates are presented to illustrate its diagnostic characters. The distribution map of the new species is also given.
Keywords: cicada, Dundubiini, taxonomy, new species, morphology, distribution, Oriental Region
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| Macrosemia fengi Wang sp. nov.: A, B habitus, holotype, ♂; C, D habitus, paratype, ♀; E fore femur, holotype, ♂. A, C dorsal views; B, D ventral views; E lateral view. Abbreviations: asp: apical spine; psp: primary spine; sasp: subapical spine; ssp: secondary spine. Scale bar a for A–D; b for E. |
Macrosemia fengi Wang sp. nov.
Diagnosis: Macrosemia fengi Wang sp. nov. is easily distinguished from other members in this genus by the combination of the following characters: pronotum almost entirely brown, only particularly with paired blackish submedian spots near ambient fissure at pronotal disc (other congeners (except M. perakana) have more complex markings on pronotum, at least with a distinct pair of blackish submedian fasciae); forewing with infuscations only present on r and r-m crossveins, while absent on apices of longitudinal veins of ...
Etymology: The new species is dedicated to Mr. Lei Feng (Weifang, China), a Chinese amateur obsessing with cicadas, for his help to my taxonomic study on Cicadidae. The name is a noun in the genitive case. “冯氏大马蝉” is proposed for the Chinese common name of this new species.
Cheng-Bin Wang. 2024. Macrosemia fengi Wang sp. nov. from Yunnan and Guizhou, China (Hemiptera, Cicadidae, Cicadinae). Biodiversity Data Journal. 12: e115974. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e115974
