First record of the cicada genus Semia Matsumura (Hemiptera, Cicadidae) from Vietnam, with the description of one new species and a key to species

Hong-Thai Pham; Masami Hayashi; Jeng-Tze Yang

doi:10.3897/zookeys.174.2242

First record of the cicada genus Semia Matsumura (Hemiptera, Cicadidae) from Vietnam, with the description of one new species and a key to species

Zookeys. 2012:(174):31-40. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.174.2242. Epub 2012 Mar 9.

Authors

Hong-Thai Pham¹, Masami Hayashi, Jeng-Tze Yang

Affiliation

¹ Department of Insect Systematics, Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (IEBR), 18 Hoang Quoc Viet St, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Abstract

The first record of the genus Semia Matsumura (Cicadidae: Cicadinae, Cicadini) from Vietnam is presented. One new species, Semia spinosasp. n., is described from southern Vietnam. Photos of the adult, illustrations of the male genitalia, a distribution map and biological data are provided. A key to the species of Semia based on the male adults is also given.

Keywords: Auchenorrhyncha; Cicadina; New record genus; Semia spinosa; morphology.