Generic redescription, seven new species and a key to the Taphura Stål, 1862 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadetttinae: Taphurini)
Author
Sanborn, Allen F.
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-09-28
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4324.3.3
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Subtribe
Taphurina
Distant, 1905a
Remarks.
The
Taphurina
was erected along with the
Tryellina
Moulds, 2005
.
Moulds (2005)
placed the New World genera
Dorachosa
Distant, 1892
,
Dulderana
Distant, 1905b
,
Elachysoma
Torres, 1964
,
Imbabura
Distant, 1911
,
Nosola
Stål, 1866
,
Prosotettix
Jacobi, 1907
,
Psallodia
Uhler, 1903
,
Selymbria
Stål, 1861
,
Taphura
Stål, 1862a
and the Asian genus
Hea
Distant, 1906b
in the
Taphurini
. Since that time,
Chalumalna
Boulard, 1998
,
Chrysolasia
Moulds, 2003
, and
Malloryalna
Sanborn, 2016b
have been added to the subtribe and the genus
Hea
has been assigned to the
Cryptotympanini
Handlirsch, 1925
(
Sanborn 2013
;
2016b
) leaving 12 genera in the subtribe. Ten of the genera are monospecific with only
Selymbria
and
Taphura
containing multiple species.
Taphura
exhibits the greatest species diversity within the subtribe.