Sinosemia
Monotypic genus of cicadas
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Sinosemia is a monotypic genus of Asian cicadas in the tribe Dundubiini (subtribe Aolina);[1] it was originally erected by Shōnen Matsumura in 1927,[2] but the single species has also been placed in the similar genera Cryptotympana and Haphsa,[3] before this genus was restored in 2025.[4] Matsumura named it after China (Latin: Sina), the Japanese: 蝉 (pronounced 'semi' meaning cicada and the suffix '-a', with the species Sinosemia shirakii.
| Sinosemia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Subfamily: | Cicadinae |
| Tribe: | Dundubiini |
| Subtribe: | Aolina |
| Genus: | Sinosemia Matsumura, 1927 |
| Species: | S. shirakii |
| Binomial name | |
| Sinosemia shirakii Matsumura, 1927 | |
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