Semia Explained

Semia (from ja|蝉|semi|lit=cicada)^[1] is a genus of Asian cicadas in the tribe Cicadini, erected by Matsumura in 1917.

Species

The following are included by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility:^{[2] [3]}

1. Semia albusequi Emery, Lee & Pham, 2017^[4]
2. Semia brevidilata Yang & Wei, 2014
3. Semia gialaiensis Pham & Constant, 2013^[5]
4. Semia hainanensis Yang & Wei, 2013
5. Semia klapperichi Jacobi, 1944
6. Semia lachna (Lei & Chou, 1997)
7. Semia magna Emery, Lee & Pham, 2017
8. Semia majuscula (Distant, 1917)
9. Semia pallida Emery, Lee & Pham, 2017
10. Semia spinosa Pham, Hayashi & Yang, 2012 - Vietnam^[6]
11. Semia spiritus Emery, Lee & Pham, 2017
12. Semia tibetensis Yang & Wei, 2014
13. Semia watanabei (Matsumura, 1907) - type species (as Leptopsaltria watanabei Matsumura, 1907)^[4]

Notes and References

1. Matsumura. S.. 1917. A list of the Japanese and Formosan Cicadidae, with description of new species and genera. Transactions of the Sapporo Natural History Society. 6. 186–212.
2. https://www.gbif.org/species/4778311 Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Semia Matsumura, 1917 (retrieved 17 March 2022)
3. https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1136777/ BioLib.cz
4. Emery D, Lee YJ, Pham H-T (2017) Descriptions of four new species of Semia Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Psithyristriini) from Vietnam, with a key to the species of Semia. Zootaxa 4216(1): 153–166.
5. Pham HT, Constant J (2013) A new species of the cicada genus Semia Matsumura, 1917 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from Vietnam, with a key to the species of the genus. Zootaxa 3709(5): 494–500.
6. Hong-Thai Pham, Masami Hayashi, Jeng-Tze Yang (2012) First record of the cicada genus Semia Matsumura (Hemiptera, Cicadidae) from Vietnam, with the description of one new species and a key to species. Zookeys (174): 31–40.