Corresponding author: Hong-Thai Pham (
Academic editor: M. Webb
The first record of the genus
The cicada fauna of Vietnam has received little attention since the descriptions of
Four males of the new species
Nomenclature for family, subfamily and tribal classification follows that of
Type locality of
Head nearly as wide as or slightly narrower than base of mesonotum; inner area of pronotum generally concolorous to outer dilatation; male abdomen cylindrical, much longer than distance from head to cruciform elevation and slightly widest across 4th abdominal segment and wider than base of mesonotum; male tymbal cover very small and semicircular, mostly exposing tymbal in dorsal view; male 8th abdominal tergum mostly covered with white powder; ovipositor not protruding beyond abdominal segment 9; male operculum scale-like, roundish, and not extending beyond 2nd abdominal sternum; wings hyaline; 6th apical cell of forewing about as long as or longer than twice of 5th apical cell in median length. Based on
China, Taiwan, Vietnam (
This genus is similar to
The species name refers to morphological feature such as spinosa for the uncus spines
Holotype ♂: VIETNAM [VC.Ho.0650, Phu Ly, Ma Da-Vinh Cuu NR, Dong Nai Province, 4.viii.2008, light trap,
Paratypes (3 ♂♂): 2 ♂♂: VIETNAM [ VC.Ho.0626, 0631, Phu Ly, Ma Da-Vinh Cuu NR, Dong Nai Province, 31.vii.2008, 100–150m, leg Hoang Vu Tru] (IEBR); 1 ♂: [VC.Ho.0765, Phu Ly, Ma Da-Vinh Cuu NR, Dong Nai Province, 2.viii.2008, light trap and netting, 100-150m, leg Ta Huy Thinh] (BMNH).
Male genital capsule of
This species was collected by sweeping during the daytime and by light trapping at night in virgin rainforest at an altitude between 100 to150 meters.
Vietnam (Dong Nai Province).
Distribution of the
Male genital capsule of
Postclypeus of
Dorsal part of the postclypeus of
1 | Body length <30mm; abodomen with longitudinal broad brown band centrally ( |
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– | Body length >35mm; abodomen without longitudinal broad brown band centrally; uncus lobes not or weakly divergent without two apical spines | 2 |
2 | Body length approximately 38mm; operculum with lateral margin not expanding beyond lateral margin of abdomen; tymbal cover very small, pale brown, with darker margin; tymbal mostly exposed in dorsal view; uncus lobes parallel ( |
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– | Body length 40–45mm; operculum very wide, lateral margin expanding distinctly beyond lateral margin of abdomen; tymbal cover small slightly raised, brown without dark margin; tymbal slightly exposed in dorsal view; uncus lobes weakly divergent ( |
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We thank Prof. Ta Huy Thinh, and Mr. Hoang Vu Tru (Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Hanoi) for assistance with field work sharing of specimens and data, Dr. Mick Webb (The Natural History Museum, London), Dr. Max Moulds (The Australian Museum), Dr. Hans Duffels (Netherlands Centre of Biodiversity), and Dr. Jerome Constant (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences) for their critical reading and valuable comments in improving the contents of the paper. We are grateful to Dr. Dirk Ahrens (Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum A. Koenig) for providing photographs of
The first author is grateful for a scholarship for his PhD dissertation issued by the program of the National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan. We also thank Dr. Yves Samyn and Dr. Patrick Grootaert (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences) for grant support to the first author; the grant was issued by the capacity building Programme of the Belgian Global Taxonomic Initiative National Focal Point and runs with financial support from the Belgian Directorate-General for Development Cooperation.
The present study was partially supported by the National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED-106.12.15.09), Vietnam, the International Foundation for Science (IFS-No D/5181-1), Sweden, and the Nagao Natural Environment Foundation, Japan.