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
Author
Sanborn, Allen F.
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-02-24
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4937.1.1
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Viettelana griveaudi
Boulard, 1980a
Viettelana griveaudi
Boulard 1980a: 106
. (Parc de Tsimbazaza, Tananarive, Central
Madagascar
)
Remarks.—The only species of the genus is green with a brown fascia and silver pubescence on the lateral abdomen. It can be distinguished by the generic characters particularly the globular, anteriorly angled eyes and small opercula, as well as the infuscation on the fore wing crossveins and distal veins between the apical cells. Body length is about
23 mm
and wingspan is about
68 mm
(
Boulard 1980a
).
Distribution.—The species is known only from
Madagascar
(
Duffels & van der Laan 1985
;
Sanborn 2013
).