The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka: an annotated provisional catalogue, regional checklist and bibliography Author Price, Benjamin Wills Author Allan, Elizabeth Louise Author Marathe, Kiran Author Sarkar, Vivek Author Simon, Chris Author Kunte, Krushnamegh text Biodiversity Data Journal 2016 4 8051 8051 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8051 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8051 1314-2828--8051 Platylomia operculata Distant, 1913 Platylomia operculata Distant, 1913 Materials Type status: Lectotype . Occurrence: catalogNumber: BMNH(E) 1009486 ; recordedBy: R.V. de Salvaza ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: male ; Taxon: scientificName: Platylomiaoperculata Distant, 1913; Location: continent: Asia; locality: Indo-China ; Record Level: institutionCode: NHMUK ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Distribution [Metcalf, 1963] Indochina. [Sanborn, 2014] Thailand, Burma, Laos, India, Indochina, Vietnam, China, Yunnan, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Hainan, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar. Notes Authority: Distant 1913b ; Female described by Boulard (2005) . Sanborn (2014) listed India in reference to Boulard (2005) . This species was described from Indo-China and there are currently no records of this species known from the Indian region, however it is present in the surrounding countries.