Rhinopsalta Melichar, 1908

Sanborn, Allen F., 2021, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae) of Madagascar including a new tribe, five new genera, twelve new species, four new species synonymies, five revised species status, ten new combinations, new tribal assignments for four genera, one new subtribe synonymy, a checklist and key to the species, Zootaxa 4937 (1), pp. 1-79 : 42

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4937.1.1
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scientific name	Rhinopsalta Melichar, 1908
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Rhinopsalta Melichar 1908: 58 View in CoL .

Type species.— Rhinopsalta sicardi Melichar 1908: 59 . ( Montes Ambre , Madagascar)

Remarks.—A monospecific genus containing a cicada with a postclypeus possessing an anteriorly projecting fingerlike extension. The genus is characterized by species with an elongated postclypeus, fore wings with seven apical cells, and hind wings with five apical cells.

Distribution.—The only species of the genus is found in Madagascar ( Metcalf 1963b; Sanborn 2013).