Tosena
Genus of true bugs
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Tosena (from Chinese: 篤蟬; pinyin: dǔchán; Wade–Giles: tu3 ch'an2; lit. 'thick cicada'[1]) is a genus of cicadas from South-East Asia.[2][3] Species formerly included in Tosena are Distantalna splendida, Formotosena montivaga, Formotosena seebohmi, Trengganua sibylla[4] and two species now placed in Vittagaeana, with Tosena the only genus of tribe Tosenini.[5]
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| Tosena fasciata specimen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Subfamily: | Cicadinae |
| Tribe: | Tosenini |
| Genus: | Tosena Amyot & Serville, 1843 |
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List of species
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:[2]
- Tosena albata Distant, 1878
- Tosena depicta Distant, 1888
- Tosena fasciata (Fabricius, 1787) - type species
- Tosena melanoptera (White, 1846)
- Tosena mearesiana (Westwood, 1842)
Note: Two species, Tosena dives and T. paviei, in this "taxonomically unstable group of Asian cicada tribes", were moved by Hill et al. in 2021 to the new genus Vittagaeana: now placed in the Gaeanini.
