Proretinata

Proretinata
Proretinata floridula, male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadinae
Tribe: Polyneurini
Genus: Proretinata
Chou & Yao, 1986
Species:
P. floridula
Binomial name
Proretinata floridula
(Distant, 1904)
Synonyms
List
    • Angamiana bauflei Boulard, 1994
    • Angamiana beauflei [sic] (Boulard, 1994)
    • Angamiana floridula beauflei [sic] (Distant, 1904)
    • Angamiana florida (Hayashi, 1982) non Distant, 1904
    • Angamiana florida [sic] (Distant, 1904)
    • Proretinata fuscula Chou & Yao, 1986
    • Angamiana masamii Boulard, 2005
    • Angamiana melanoptera Boulard, 2005
    • Proretinata vemacula Chou & Yao, 1986
    • Proretinata vemaculata [sic] Chou & Yao, 1986
    • Proretinata yunnanensis Chou & Yao, 1986

Proretinata is a monotypic genus of Asian cicadas belonging to the tribe Polyneurini (subtribe Polyneurina); it was erected by Chou and Yao in 1986, with the name derived from Greek: πρό (before) and retina (Latin for net, strap or rope), referring to the grey-white transverse stripe on the forewing.

Species, distribution and nomenclature

The single species Proretinata floridula (Distant, 1904) was long placed in the genus Angamiana (erected by Distant), but moved in 2024 after synonymy was established with the type Proretinata fuscula Chou & Yao, 1986. The distribution records for this species include southern China and Indochina.

References

  1. 1 2 3 World Auchenorrhyncha Database: genus Proretinata Chou & Yao, 1986 (retrieved 10 July 2025)
  2. ↑ Chou I, Yao W (1986) One new genus and eight new species of Polyneurini from China (Homoptera: Cicadidae). Entomotaxonomia, 8, 185–194. [in Chinese]
  3. ↑ Wang J-L, Zhang W-Z, Yang Y-Y, Hayashi M, Wei C (2024) Phylogeny and evolution of the cicada tribe Polyneurini (Hemiptera, Cicadidae). Systematic Entomology, 50(1), 180–205. [2025: p. 197] DOI