A checklist of Cicadidae (Insecta: Hemiptera) in Palawan with five new species
Abstract
This paper provides a faunal checklist for Cicadidae (Insecta: Hemiptera) in Palawan, Philippines, comprising 18 species belonging to 12 genera. Five new species,
Platypleura elizabethae
Lee, sp. nov.,
Puranoides goemansi
Lee, sp. nov.,
Purana opaca
Lee, sp. nov.,
Dundubia dubia
Lee, sp. nov. and
Dundubia flava
Lee, sp. nov., are described.
Pomponia lactea
(Distant, 1887) and
Ayesha spathulata
(Staringl, 1870) are newly added to the cicada fauna of Palawan. Four species,
Chremistica pontianaka
(Distant, 1888),
Tanna pallida
Distant, 1906,
Dundubia rufivena
Walker, 1850 and
Tosena fasciata
Fabricius, 1787, are removed from the cicada fauna of Palawan because the records have been incorrectly documented. Information on geographic distributions is provided.
Keywords
taxonomy; fauna; new records; distribution; Philippiness.