Semia

This article is about the genus of cicadas. For the mythological goddess, see Semla (mythology).

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

Semia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadidae
Subfamily:	Cicadinae
Tribe:	Cicadini
Genus:	Semia Matsumura, 1917

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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]