LEPTOPSALTRIINI Moulton, 1923

Lee, Young June & Emery, David, 2013, New genera and species of Leptopsaltriini (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae) from India and Tibet, with the descriptions of five new subtribes, Zoosystema 35 (4), pp. 525-535 : 527-528

Tribe LEPTOPSALTRIINI Moulton, 1923

DIAGNOSIS. — Head including eyes about as wide as or narrower than mesonotum. Posterior pronotal collar very narrow. Wings hyaline. Male operculum small, scale-like. Male abdominal sternite III (and sometimes sternite IV) with tubercle-like projection on each lateral surface in many genera (no record of this character outside of this tribe). Male abdominal sternite VII distinctly separated from tergite 7 by folding.

Subtribe PURANINA Lee , n. subtr.

TYPE GENUS. — Purana Distant, 1905 , by present designation.

DIAGNOSIS. — Head including eyes about as wide as mesonotum. Lateral pronotal collar dentate. Fore wing with marginal areas narrow. Male operculum small, scale-like.Timbal cover well developed. Male abdominal sternites III and IV with tubercle-like projection on each posterolateral surface. Uncus not bifurcate (with a few exceptions). Aedeagus thin. Basal lobe of pygofer distinct.

INCLUDED GENUS. — Qurana , Purana , Maua , Formosemia , and Paratanna .

Subtribe LEPTOPSALTRIINA Moulton, 1923

TYPE GENUS. — Leptopsaltria Stål, 1866 , by present designation.

DIAGNOSIS. — Head including eyes about as wide as mesonotum. Lateral pronotal collar not dentate. Fore wing with marginal areas narrow or normal. Male operculum small, scale-like. Timbal cover well developed. Male abdominal sternite III (and sometimes sternite IV) with tubercle-like projection on each posterolateral surface. Uncus not bifurcate. Aedeagus thick. Basal lobe of pygofer absent.

INCLUDED GENUS. — Leptopsaltria , Tanna , Nabalua , Taiwanosemia , Inthaxara , and Formocicada .

Subtribe GUDABINA Lee , n. subtr.

TYPE GENUS. — Gudaba Distant, 1906 , by present designation.

DIAGNOSIS. — Head including eyes about as wide as mesonotum. Lateral pronotal collar not dentate. Fore wing with marginal areas extremely narrow. Hind wing with five apical cells (with six apical cells in other groups). Male operculum small, scale-like.Timbal cover minute. Male abdominal sternites III and IV with projection on each posterolateral surface.

INCLUDED GENUS. — Rustia and Gudaba .

REMARKS. — The name Gudabina used by Boulard (2008) is nomen nudum by Articles 13.1, 16.1, and 16.2 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.

Subtribe EUTERPNOSIINA Lee , n. subtr.

TYPE GENUS. — Euterpnosia Matsumura, 1917 , by present designation.

DIAGNOSIS. — Head including eyes about as wide as or slightly narrower than mesonotum. Lateral pronotal collar not dentate (but dentate in Yezoterpnosia ). Posterior pronotal collar very narrow (but not so narrow in Yezoterpnosia ). Fore wing with marginal areas narrow or normal. Male operculum small, scale-like. Timbal cover minute. Male abdominal sternites without tubercle-like projections (but present in Calcagninus ). Uncus not bifurcate.Aedeagus thin. Basal lobe of pygofer present (but not in Yezoterpnosia ).

INCLUDED GENUS. — Euterpnosia , Miniterpnosia , Calcagninus , and Yezoterpnosia .

REMARKS. — Yezoterpnosia might belong to another independent subtribe with a few exceptional characters as indicated above, but the present paper refrains from erecting a new subtribe for this single genus, waiting for a further study.

Subtribe LEPTOSEMIINA Lee , n. subtr.

TYPE GENUS. — Leptosemia Matsumura, 1917 , by present designation.

DIAGNOSIS. — Head including eyes about as wide as mesonotum.Lateral pronotal collar not dentate.Fore wing with marginal areas narrow or normal. Male operculum small, scale-like.Timbal cover well developed. Male abdominal sternites without tubercle-like projections. Uncus not bifurcate. Aedeagus thick. Basal lobe of pygofer absent.

INCLUDED GENUS. — Neocicada , Leptosemia , Minipomponia , and Puranoides .

REMARKS. — The name Minipomponiina used by Boulard (2008) is nomen nudum by Articles 13.1, 16.1, and 16.2 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. The oldest genus is used for the name of this subtribe, and thus Minipomponiina is being replaced but is synonymous with the Leptosemiina .

Subtribe MOSAICINA Lee , n. subtr.

TYPE GENUS. — Mosaica n. gen., by present designation.

DIAGNOSIS. — Head including eyes narrower than mesonotum. Lateral pronotal collar not dentate. Posterior pronotal collar very narrow. Fore wing with marginal areas extremely narrow. Male operculum very small, scale-like. Timbal cover minute. Male abdominal sternite III with tubercle-like projection on each centrolateral surface. Male abdominal sternite VII distinctly separated from tergite 7 by folding. Uncus not bifurcate. Aedeagus thick. Basal lobe of pygofer absent.