syn_novataxa: [Entomology • 2024] Vagitanus venetus • A New Cicada Species of Vagitanus (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from northern and central Vietnam

[Entomology • 2024] Vagitanus venetus • A New Cicada Species of Vagitanus (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from northern and central Vietnam

Vagitanus venetus Emery & Lee, 2024

[A, B, C, F] male; [D, E] female

DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2024.01.003

Abstract

A new species of Vagitanus Distant is described from north and central Vietnam. V. venetus sp. nov. inhabits forested woodland at altitudes of >1000 m. Its distribution currently limited to the coastal areas and hinterland in the eastern provinces of Quang Nam, Quang Binh, Kon Tum and Hue and north in Yen Bai province.

Keywords: Cicadatrini, Cicadinae, Cicadettinae, Vagitanus, taxonomy

Vagitanus venetus sp. n.
A, holotype male (green form), dorsal habitus; B, paratype male (faded form), dorsal habitus;
C, holotype male, ventral habitus; D, female, dorsal habitus;
E, female, ventral habitus; F, male holotype, abdomen, lateral habitus.

<scale bars: 10 mm (A–E); 5 mm (F)>.

Family Cicadidae Latrielle, 1802

Subfamily Cicadettinae Buckton, 1890

Tribe Cicadatrini Distant, 1905

Genus Vagitanus Distant, 1918

Vagitanus venetus sp.n.

Etymology. The species name is derived from Latin for the deep green coloration of fresh specimens of this cicada.

David Lyall Emery and Young June Lee. 2024. A New Cicada Species of Vagitanus (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from northern and central Vietnam. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 17(1); 240-244. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2024.01.003 [1 June 2024]