19 Articles about Cicadas from 2015

Here are 19 articles from scientific journals about cicadas from 2015 that you may have missed.

January:

A review of the cicada genus Kosemia Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)

• Shengping Qi, Masami Hayashi, Cong Wei
• Zootaxa, Vol 3911, No 4
• http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3911.4.1

February:

External morphology and calling song characteristics in Tibicen plebejus (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)

• Maedeh Mehdipour, Jalal Jalali Sendi, Hossein Zamanian
• Comptes Rendus Biologies, Volume 338, Issue 2, February 2015, Pages 103—111
• http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1631069114002728

The phylogenetic utility of acetyltransferase (ARD1) and glutaminyl tRNA synthetase (QtRNA) for reconstructing Cenozoic relationships as exemplified by the large Australian cicada Pauropsalta generic complex

• Christopher L. Owen, David C. Marshall, Kathy B.R. Hill, Chris Simon
• Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Volume 83, February 2015, Pages 258—277
• http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790314002516

March:

Cicada genus Pomponia Stål, 1866 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from Vietnam and Cambodia, with a new species, a new record, and a key to the species

• Hong-Thai Pham, Young June Lee, Jerome Constant
• Zootaxa, Vol 3925, No 4
• http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3925.4.5

April:

Intraspecific sexual mimicry for finding females in a cicada: males produce ‘female sounds’ to gain reproductive benefit

• Changqing Luo, Cong Wei
• Animal Behaviour, Volume 102, April 2015, Pages 69—76
• http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347215000226

A new cicada species of the genus Psithyristria Stål, 1870 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Psithyristriini) from Luzon, Philippines, with a key to the 15 species

• Young June Lee, Ireneo L. Jr. Lit
• Zootaxa, Vol 3948, No 2
• http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3948.2.10

A redescription of Yoyetta landsboroughi (Distant) and Y. tristrigata (Goding and Froggatt) (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) and description of four new related species

• Nathan J. Emery, David L. Emery, Lindsay W. Popple
• Zootaxa, Vol 3948, No 3
• http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3948.3.1

May:

A review of the cicada genus Haphsa Distant from China (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)

• Xu Wang, Mingsheng Yang, Cong Wei
• Zootaxa, Vol 3957, No 4
• http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3957.4.3

Description of two new cicada species of the genus Poviliana Boulard (Insecta: Hemiptera, Cicadoidea, Cicadidae) from New Caledonia

• Quentin Delorme, Hervé Jourdan, Christian Mille
• Zootaxa, Vol 3957, No 4
• http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3957.4.9

June:

Four new species of cicadas from Papua New Guinea (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae)

• Allen F. Sanborn
• Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, Volume 18, Issue 2, June 2015, Pages 283—290
• http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1226861515000308

Description of a new genus, Auritibicen gen. nov., of Cryptotympanini Hemiptera: Cicadidae) with redescriptions of Auritibicen pekinensis (Haupt, 1924) comb. nov. and Auritibicen slocumi (Chen, 1943) comb. nov. from China and a key to the species of Auritibicen

• Young June Lee
• Zootaxa, Vol 3980, No 2
• http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3980.2.5

Cicadidae types (Hemiptera-Cicadomorpha) housed at the Museo de La Plata entomological collection (Argentina)

• Ana M. Marino De Remes Lenicov, Arnaldo Maciá, Bruno Pianzola
• Zootaxa, Vol 3974, No 3
• http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3974.3.1

July:

Molecular phylogenetics, diversification, and systematics of Tibicen Latreille 1825 and allied cicadas of the tribe Cryptotympanini, with three new genera and emphasis on species from the USA and Canada (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadidae)

• Kathy B. R. Hill, David C. Marshall, Maxwell S. Moulds, Chris Simon
• Zootaxa, Vol 3985, No 2
• http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3985.2.3

August:

New species of Simona Moulds, 2012 and Chelapsalta Moulds, 2012 cicadas (Cicadidae: Cicadettinae: Cicadettini) from Australia: comparative morphology, songs, behaviour and distributions

• A. Ewart, L.W. Popple, D.C. Marshall
• Zootaxa, Vol 4001, No 1
• http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4001.1.1

Additional records of cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) to the fauna of Mindanao, Philippines, with the description of three new species and a key to the species of Champaka Distant

• Young June Lee
• Zootaxa, Vol 4007, No 4
• http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4007.4.5

September:

Comparative morphology of the distal segments of Malpighian tubules in cicadas and spittlebugs, with reference to their functions and evolutionary indications to Cicadomorpha (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha)

• Qinglong Li, Haiying Zhong, Yalin Zhang, Cong Wei
• Zoologischer Anzeiger – A Journal of Comparative Zoology, Volume 258, September 2015, Pages 54—68
• http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0044523115300048

October:

New combinations for six species belonging to Cryptotympanini Handlirsch (Hemiptera: Cicadidae), former members of the genus Tibicen Latreille, 1825

• Allen F. Sanborn
• Zootaxa, Vol 4027, No 3
• http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4027.3.9

November:

The visual system of the Australian ‘Redeye’ cicada (Psaltoda moerens), Arthropod Structure & Development

• Willi A. Ribi, Jochen Zeil
• Arthropod Structure & Development, Volume 44, Issue 6, Part A, November 2015, Pages 574—586
• http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1467803915000687

Erection of a new genus Biura gen. nov., of the subtribe Aolina (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Dundubiini)

• Young June Lee, Allen F. Sanborn
• Zootaxa, Vol 4044, No 4
• http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4044.4.9