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 Birrima varians (Germar, 1834) Cicada varians Germar, 1834 Materials Type status: Holotype . Occurrence: recordedBy: Hope ; Taxon: scientificName: Birrimavarians (Germar, 1834); Location: continent: Oceania; locality: Australasia ; Record Level: basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Distribution [Metcalf, 1963] Australia; Assam; Silhet; Queensland. [Sanborn, 2014] Queensland, Australia, New South Wales, Australia. Notes Authority: Germar 1834 ; Not from India: Listed from Silhet (Assam) by Walker (1852) and then Atkinson (1884) in error when examining misidentified specimens of Dundubia vaginata ( Metcalf 1963 ). Birrima varians is found in Australia.