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Cicadatra persica Kirkaldy 1909

Description

Cicadatra persica Kirkaldy, 1909. New record.

Cicada lineola (nec von Schrank) Hagen 1856: 66.

Cicadatra persica Kirkaldy 1909: 391.

Type locality. Syria and Persia.

Specimens were collected from Darrora, Upper Dir; Mingora Swat, N.W.F.P, Pakistan on 28.VI.2008 and 22.VI.2008. Identification was confirmed by F. Mozaffarian.

Remarks. The species has been reported from Italy, Sicily, Turkey, Israel, Syria, Georgia, USSR, Transcaucasia, and Iran (Metcalf 1963b; Dlabola 1981; Duffels & van der Laan 1985; Mirzayans 1995; Mozaffarian & Sanborn 2010).

Notes

Published as part of Ahmed, Zubair & Sanborn, Allen F., 2010, The cicada fauna of Pakistan including the description of four new species (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae), pp. 27-48 in Zootaxa 2516 on page 40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196127

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Kirkaldy
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cicadidae
Genus
Cicadatra
Species
persica
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Cicadatra persica Kirkaldy, 1909 sec. Ahmed & Sanborn, 2010

References

  • Kirkaldy, G. W. (1909) Hemiptera, old and new, No. 2. Canadian Entomologist, 41, 388 - 392.
  • Hagen, H. A. (1856) Die sing-cicaden Europa's. Stettin Entomologische Zeitung. Herausgegeben von dem entomologischen Vereine zu Stettin, 17, 66 - 91.
  • Metcalf, Z. P. (1963 b) General catalogue of the Homoptera, Fascicle VIII. Cicadoidea. Part 1. Cicadidae. Section II. Gaeninae and Cicadinae. North Carolina State College Contribution, 1502, 587 - 919.
  • Dlabola, J. (1981) Ergebnisse der Tschechoslowakisoh-Iranischen Entomologischen Expedition nach dem Iran. (1970 - 1973). Acta Entomologica Musie Nationalis Pragae, 40, 127 - 308.
  • Duffels, J. P. & van der Laan, P. A. (1985) Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Homoptera, Auchenorhyncha) 1956 - 1980. Dr. W. Junk Publishers, Series Entomologica 34, Dordrect. 414 pp.
  • Mirzayans, H. (1995) Insects of Iran. The list of Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha in the insect collection of Plant Pests & Diseases Research Institute. Plant Pests & Diseases Research Institute, Insects Taxonomy Research Department Publication Number 1. 59 pp.
  • Mozaffarian, F. & Sanborn, A. F. (2010) The cicadas of Iran with the description of two new species (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Museum fur Naturkunde in Berlin-Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 57, 69 - 84.