Distantalna splendida

Distantalna splendida is a cicada species from Southeast Asia, and the sole member of the genus Distantalna. It was previously placed in the genus Tosena. It was described by William Lucas Distant in 1878.^[1] A characteristic that distinguishes Distantalna splendida from the Tosena species is the partly pale hyaline tegmina and wings. The species of Tosena do not have hyaline parts in the tegmina and wings.^[2] It has been recorded from India, Myanmar and Thailand.^[3][4]

Distantalna splendida
Distantalna splendida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadidae
Subfamily:	Cicadinae
Tribe:	Ayuthiini
Genus:	Distantalna Boulard, 2009
Species:	D. splendida
Binomial name
Distantalna splendida (Distant, 1878)
Synonyms
Tosena splendida Distant, 1878

Specimen of Distantalna splendida