A new paper was published that describes five (5) new cicada genera and twenty-two (22) species of cicadas in Australia.
The paper is Systematics and Phylogeny of the Australian Cicada Genus Pauropsalta Goding and Froggatt, 1904 and Allied Genera (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettini), the authors are Christopher L. Owen and M. S. Moulds, and it was published by The Australian Museum.
You can download it from this page. The document is 83 pages long, and contains 6 color pages of the cicadas.
The new genera are:
- Atrapsalta n.gen. Includes 9 species.
- Haemopsalta n.gen. Includes 4 species.
- Falcatpsalta n.gen. Includes 1 species.
- Relictapsalta n.gen. Includes 1 species.
- Popplepsalta n.gen. Includes 12 species. Note that this genera is named for cicada researcher Lindsay Popple.
The new species are:
- Pauropsalta accola n.sp.
- Pauropsalta adelphe n.sp.
- Pauropsalta agasta n.sp.
- Pauropsalta confinis n. sp.
- Pauropsalta conflua n.sp.
- Pauropsalta contigua n.sp.
- Pauropsalta ewarti n.sp.
- Pauropsalta herveyensis n.sp.
- Pauropsalta juncta n.sp.
- Pauropsalta katherina n.sp. Note, this name is in honor of cicada researcher Kathy Hill.
- Pauropsalta kriki n.sp.
- Pauropsalta similis n.sp.
- Pauropsalta sinavilla n.sp.
- Atrapsalta n.gen. emmotti n.sp. Note, this name is in honor of naturalist Angus Emmott (thx Henry Cook)
- Atrapsalta n.gen. furcilla n.sp.
- Atrapsalta n.gen. vinea n.sp.
- Haemopsalta n.gen. flammeata n.sp.
- Haemopsalta n.gen. georgina n.sp.
- Palapsalta Moulds, 2012 palaga n.sp.
- Palapsalta Moulds, 2012 serpens n.sp.
- Popplepsalta n.gen. aeroides n.sp.
- Uradolichos Moulds, 2012 rotunda n.sp.
The paper was announced on Twitter by Lindsay Popple on Twitter:
A review of Australian Pauropsalta cicadas by Chris Owen and Max Moulds recognises five new genera & 22 new species! https://t.co/4EVxa3EUom pic.twitter.com/rTpfaGqdxv
— Lindsay Popple (@_DrPop_) November 7, 2016
And katherina is named for Kathy Hill.