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Hovana Distant 1905
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Hovana Distant, 1905e
Hovana Distant 1905e: 279.
Type species.— Hemidictya distanti Brancsik, 1893: 253 (Nossi-Bè, Madagascar).
Remarks.—A monospecific genus containing a cicada that is a leaf mimic. The species has been used numerous times as an example of leaf mimicry (see references in Metcalf 1963b; Sanborn 2013; Ruschel & Campos 2019; Sanborn et al. 2020)
Distribution.—The only known species is restricted to Madagascar (Metcalf 1963b; Sanborn 2013; Ruschel & Campos 2019; Sanborn et al. 2020).
Notes
Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F., 2021, 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, pp. 1-79 in Zootaxa 4937 (1) on page 71, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4937.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4559438
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Cicadidae
- Genus
- Hovana
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Distant
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Hovana Distant, 1905 sec. Sanborn, 2021
References
- Distant, W. L. (1905 e) Rhynchotal notes XXXV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 7, 16, 265 - 281. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 03745480509442862
- Brancsik, K. (1893) Adatok Magyarorszag faunajahoz. (Additamenta ad faunam Hungaricae.). Jahresheft des naturwissenschaftlichen Vereines des Trencsener Comitates, 15 - 16, 97 - 108.
- Metcalf, Z. P. (1963 b) General catalogue of the Homoptera, Fascicle VIII. Cicadoidea. Part 2. Tibicinidae. North Carolina State College Contribution, 1564, i-vi + 1 - 492.
- Sanborn, A. F. (2013) Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea). With contributions to the bibliography by Martin H. Villet. Elsevier / Academic Press, San Diego, 1001 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / b 978 - 0 - 12 - 416647 - 9.00001 - 2
- Ruschel, T. P. & Campos, L. A. (2019) Phylogeny and biogeography of the leaf-winged cicadas (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 185, 1150 - 1187. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / zoolinnean / zyl 087
- Sanborn, A. F., Marshall, D. C., Moulds, M. S., Puissant, S. & Simon, C. S. (2020) Redefinition of the cicada tribe Hemidictyini Distant, 1905, status of the tribe Iruanini Boulard, 1993 rev. stat., and the establishment of Hovanini n. tribe and Sapantangini n. tribe (Hemiptera: Cicadidae). Zootaxa, 4747 (1), 133 - 155. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4747.1.5