A new species of the genus Tanna Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Leptopsaltriini) from Vietnam, with notes on taxonomic changes in Tanna

A new species of the genus Tanna Distant, 1905 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae), Tanna crassa sp. nov., is described from Vietnam. Some taxonomic changes are made in Tanna. Tanna simultaneous (Chen, 1940) syn. nov. is synonymized with Tanna abdominalis (Kato, 1938). Tanna obliqua Liu, 1940 stat. rev. is resur...

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Main Authors: Young June Lee, David Lyall Emery
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-03-01
Series:Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2287884X19303061
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Summary:A new species of the genus Tanna Distant, 1905 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae), Tanna crassa sp. nov., is described from Vietnam. Some taxonomic changes are made in Tanna. Tanna simultaneous (Chen, 1940) syn. nov. is synonymized with Tanna abdominalis (Kato, 1938). Tanna obliqua Liu, 1940 stat. rev. is resurrected from the junior synonym of Tanna auripennis Kato, 1930. Tanna shensiensis (Sanborn, 2006) is transferred to Aetanna Lee, 2014 to become Aetanna shensiensis (Sanborn, 2006) comb. nov. Tanna bakeri Moulton, 1923 is transferred to Purana Distant, 1905 to become Purana bakeri (Moulton, 1923) comb. nov. Keywords: Aetanna shensiensis, Purana bakeri, Tanna abdominalis, Tanna crassa, Tanna obliqua
ISSN:2287-884X