Leptopsaltriini

Leptopsaltriini
Euterpnosia chibensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadinae
Tribe: Leptopsaltriini
Moulton, 1923

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.

Neocicada hieroglyphica

Genera

The World Auchenorrhyncha Database includes the following genera in six subtribes:

subtribe Euterpnosiina Lee, 2013
  1. Calcagninus Distant, 1892 c g
  2. Euterpnosia Matsumura, 1917 c g
  3. Miniterpnosia Lee, 2013 c g
  4. Neoterpnosia Lee & Emery, 2014 c g
  5. Paranosia Lee, 2014 c g
  6. Yezoterpnosia Matsumura, 1917 c g
subtribe Gudabina Boulard, 2008
  1. Rustia Stål, 1866 (synonym Gudaba Distant, 1906)

subtribe Leptopsaltriina

Authority: J.C. Moulton, 1923; distribution: Nearctic and Indomalayan realms

  1. Aetanna Lee, 2014 c g
  2. Brevitanna Lee, 2022
  3. Cabecita Lee, 2014 c g
  4. Formocicada Lee & Hayashi, 2004 c g
  5. Galgoria Lee, 2016 c g
  6. Inthaxara Distant, 1913 c g
  7. Leptopsaltria Stål, 1866 c g
  8. Nabalua Moulton, 1923 c g
  9. Taiwanosemia Matsumura, 1917 c g
  10. Tanna Distant, 1905 c g
  11. Terpnosia Distant, 1892
  12. Vietanna Lee & Pham, 2021
subtribe Leptosemiina Lee, 2013
  1. Leptosemia Matsumura, 1917 c g
  2. Minipomponia Boulard, 2008 c g
  3. Neocicada Kato, 1932
  4. Puranoides Moulton, 1917 c g
subtribe Mosaicina Lee, 2013
  1. Manna Lee & Emery, 2013 c g
  2. Masamia Lee & Emery, 2013 c g
  3. Mosaica Lee & Emery, 2013 c g

Data sources: c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF,

subtribe Puranina

Authority: Lee, 2013; distribution: South and South-East Asia

  1. Formosemia Matsumura, 1917 (monotypic)
  2. Indopurana Lee, 2024
  3. Maua Distant, 1905
  4. Metapurana Lee, 2024
  5. Paratanna Lee, 2012 (monotypic)
  6. Philipurana Lee, 2024
  7. Purana Distant, 1905
  8. Purapurana Lee, 2024
  9. Qurana Lee, 2009 (monotypic)
  10. †Tanyocicada Moulds, 2020: monotypic †Tanyocicada lapidescens (Zhang, 1989)

The following is a list of selected species names, which are currently (June 2025) placed incertae sedis in the subtribe Puranina:

"Purana conspicua"

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 World Auchenorrhyncha Database: Leptopsaltriini Moulton, 1923 (retrieved 26 June 2025)
  2. ↑ Sanborn, Allen F.; Heath, Maxine S. (2016). "Megatibicen n. gen., a new North American cicada genus (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Cryptotympanini)". Zootaxa. 4168 (3). Magnolia Press: 577–582. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4168.3.10. PMID 27701330.
  3. ↑ Marshall, David C.; Moulds, Max; Hill, Kathy B. R.; Price, Benjamin W.; et al. (2018). "A molecular phylogeny of the cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) with a review of tribe and subfamily classification". Zootaxa. 4424 (1). Magnolia Press: 1–64. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4424.1.1. PMID 30313477.
  4. ↑ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  5. ↑ "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  6. ↑ World Auchenorrhyncha Database: subtribe Puranina Lee, 2013 (retrieved 26 June 2025)
  7. ↑ Lee YJ (2024) Redescription of Purana Distant resulting in four new genera of Puranina (Cicadidae, Leptopsaltriini). Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 17(3), 573–579 DOI: p. 579.

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