Becquartina

Becquartina[1][2] is a genus of Asian cicadas in the tribe Gaeanini and the monotypic subtribe Becquartinina. This genus includes species that were previously placed in Gaeana and are sometimes known as "butterfly cicadas" due to their colourful wings.

Becquartina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadinae
Tribe: Gaeanini
Genus: Becquartina
Kato, 1940
Synonyms
  • Becquardina Chou & Yao, 1985 (misspelling)
  • Bequartina Hua, 2000 (misspelling)

Species

The Catalogue of Life lists:[3][2]

  • Becquartina bifasciata (Chen KF, 1943)[lower-alpha 1]
  • Becquartina bleuzeni Boulard, 2005
  • Becquartina decorata (Kato, 1940) - type species (as Gaeana decorata Kato)
  • Becquartina electa (Jacobi, 1902)
  • Becquartina ruiliensis Chou & Yao, 1985
  • Becquartina versicolor Boulard, 2005
  1. Synonym Sinopsaltria bifasciata Chen KF, 1943 was the type species of obsolete genus Sinopsaltria Chen.

References

  1. Kato M (1940) Description of a new genus with supplementary notes on Chinese Cicadidae in Musée Heude Collection. (Homoptera: Cicadidae). Notes Ent. chinoise, 7: 203-204.
  2. Roskov Y, Ower G, Nicolson D, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, DeWalt RE, Decock W, Nieukerken E van, Penev L, eds. (2020). "Dmitriev D, Sanborn A, Takiya D (2020) 3i Auchenorrhyncha: World Auchenorrhyncha Database (version Nov 2017). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2020-08-01 Beta". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Retrieved 26 August 2020. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. Dmitriev species file: Genus Becquartina Kato, 1940
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