Katoa

This article is about the Asian cicada genus. For the municipality in West Bengal, India, see Katwa.

Katoa is a genus of cicadas from Southeast Asia.^[1] The type species is Katoa tenmokuensis. Formerly placed in the tribe Tibicinini, after detailed morphological analysis, in 2012 Lee placed the genus among the Cicadettini, also of the subfamily Cicadettinae.^[3] After molecular phylogenetic analysis and physical examination, in 2018 Marshal, et al., placed the genus in its own tribe, Katoini, remaining in the subfamily Cicadettinae.^[4]

Katoa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Superfamily:	Cicadoidea
Family:	Cicadidae
Subfamily:	Cicadettinae
Tribe:	Katoini
Genus:	Katoa Ouchi, 1938[1]
Synonyms
Lisu, Liu, 1940[2]

Species

These six species are members of the genus Katoa:^[5][4][6]

• Katoa chlorotica Chou & Lu, 1997
• Katoa neokanagana (Liu & G.K.C., 1940)
• Katoa paucispina Lei & Chou, 1995
• Katoa paura Chou & Lu, 1997
• Katoa taibaiensis Chou & Lei, 1995
• Katoa tenmokuensis Ouchi, 1938