March 13, 2020

Formotosena montivaga (Distant, 1889)

Formotosena montivaga (Distant, 1889). Photo by Michel Chantraine. This cicada is found in Thailand.

Formotosena montivaga (Distant, 1889)

Scientific classification:
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadinae
Tribe: Polyneurini
SubTribe: Formotosenina
Genus: Formotosena
Species: Formotosena montivaga (Distant, 1889)

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October 17, 2018

Formotosena seebohmi (Distant, 1904)

Filed under: Formotosena | Genera Insectorum | Polyneurini | Taiwan — Dan @ 1:01 am

Formotosena seebohmi (Distant, 1904) was formerly Tosena seebohmi. Its genus changed from Tosena Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 to Formotosena Kato, 1925. Yes, its name name has changed since 1913! It is found in the Republic of China (Taiwan).

Scientific classification:
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadinae
Tribe: Polyneurini
SubTribe: Formotosenina
Genus: Formotosena
Species: Formotosena seebohmi (Distant, 1904)

Formotosena seebohmi (Distant, 1904)
The image might say Tosena seebohmi, but the newest name for this cicada is Formotosena seebohmi.

References:

The illustration and genus description comes from the journal Genera Insectorum, and a specific article from 1913 by W. L. Distant titled Homoptera. Fam. Cicadidae, Subfam, Cicadinae. Read it on the Biodiversity Heritage Library website.
Current species name verified using Allen Sanborn’s Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha).

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