The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae) of Madagascar including a new tribe, five new genera, twelve new species, four new species synonymies, five revised species status, ten new combinations, new tribal assignments for four genera, one new subtribe synonymy, a checklist and key to the species
Author
Sanborn, Allen F.
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-02-24
4937
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4937.1.1
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Jafuna
Distant, 1912b
Jafuna
Distant 1912b: 647
.
Type
species.—
Jafuna melichari
Distant 1912b: 648
. (
Tamatave
,
Madagascar
)
Remarks.—A monospecific genus containing a small, green cicada with an extended anterior postclypeus, eyes longer than broad, prominent antennae, a head about as long as the pronotum, the posterior pronotal lateral margins angled posteriorly, globose male abdomen, short male opercula (
Distant 1912b
).
Distribution.—The only species of the genus is found in
Madagascar
(
Metcalf 1963b
).