Platylomia operculata Distant, 1913

Sanborn, Allen F., Phillips, Polly K. & Sites, Robert W., 2007, Biodiversity, biogeography, and bibliography of the cicadas of Thailand (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae), Zootaxa 1413, pp. 1-46 : 23-24

Platylomia operculata Distant, 1913 b

Platylomia radha, Noualhier, 1896: 254 , Road from Bangkok to Xieng-Mai.

Platylomia radha, Noualhier and Martin, 1904: 179 , route from Bangkok to Xieng-Mai.

Platylomia radha, Beuk, 1998: 152 –158, Bang Khun Klang, Doi Inthanon, 18o32’N 98o32’E, 1200 m; Bangkok à Xieng Mai (Chiang Mai); Chiangmai (Chiang Mai) Zoo, 18o49’N 98o57’E, 400 m; Chiang Dao, Chiang Mai; Doi Chang, N. Siam, 4500 ft; Doi Chiang Khian, Chiang Mai, ca. 1250 m; Doi Inthanon, 1750 m; Doi Inthanon, 2000 m; Doi Nya Chang, Khun Thal, N. Siam; Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai; Doi Suthep, N. Chiang Mai, ca. 450 m; Fang, Chiengmai (Chiang Mai) Province; Fang, Chiengmai (Chiang Mai), 500 m; Mount Angka (Doi Inthanon); Phu Khieo, Chaiyapumh (Chaiyaphum) District, 800 m; Wiang Pa Pao, Chiang Mai, N. Thailand.

Platylomia radha, Boulard, 2001d: 128 , 133, 141–142, vicinity of Mae Hong Son.

Platylomia operculata, Boulard, 2005b: 36 –40, cordillera of Doi Mon Kia near village of Huai Nam Gun, Province Chiang Maï, north Thailand; waterfalls of monthathan, Doi Suthep, Province Chiang Maï, north Thailand; Wang Kaew Nam Tok, north Thailand.

Notes: Species resurrected by Boulard (2005b) for Indochina specimens of P. radha ( Distant, 1881) .

Material Examined: UMRM – Chiang Mai Province, Doi Inthanon NP, Thai Royal Agricultural Research Station at Khun Wang, 18o 37’N 98o 30’E, 1431 m; Nan Province Amphur Chiang Kiang, 8 km N of Chiang Kiang on Hwy 1080, 19 o 21’N 100o 51’E, 277 m; Phitsanulok Prov., Phu Hin Rongkla Natl. Park, at Park Headquarters 17°00'N 100°59'E, 1144m; Nan Prov., Mae Charim Natl. Park, 280 m, 18o 36’N 100o 59’E. FSCA – Siam.

Distribution: Thailand, Burma, and Indochina (Metcalf, 1963a).