Chremistica

Chremistica
Chremistica
Chremistica tagalica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Chremistica
Stål, 1870
Species

See text.

Chremistica is a genus of cicadas from Southeast Asia and Madagascar. Its distribution encompasses India, Sri Lanka, continental South East Asia, Taiwan, Philippines, Malayan Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo and Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, viz., Lombok, Sumba, Sumbawa and Timor, and Sulawesi, while one group of species is recorded from Madagascar [1]

List of species

  • Chremistica biloba Bregman, 1985
  • Chremistica bimaculata (Olivier, 1790)
  • Chremistica borneensis Yaakop, Duffels and Visser, 2005
  • Chremistica brooksi Yaakop, Duffels and Visser, 2005
  • Chremistica echinaria Yaakop and Duffels, 2005
  • Chremistica guamusangensis Salmah and Zaidi, 2002
  • Chremistica hollowayi Yaakop, Duffels and Visser, 2005
  • Chremistica kecil Salmah and Zaidi, 2002
  • Chremistica malayensis Yaakop, Duffels and Visser, 2005
  • Chremistica minor Bregman, 1985
  • Chremistica nesiotes Breddin, 1905
  • Chremistica niasica Yaakop, Duffels and Visser, 2005
  • Chremistica pontianaka (Distant, 1888)
  • Chremistica sumatrana Yaakop, Duffels and Visser, 2005
  • Chremistica tagalica Stål, 1870
  • Chremistica tridentigera Breddin, 1905
  • Chremistica umbrosa (Distant, 1904)

References

  1. ^ Yaakop, S., J. P. Duffels & H. Visser 2005. The cicada genus Chremistica Stal (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) in Sundaland. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 148: 247-306