''Angamiana'' is a

monotypic genus In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispe ...

of Asian

cicada The cicadas () are a superfamily, the Cicadoidea, of insects in the order Hemiptera (true bugs). They are in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, along with smaller jumping bugs such as leafhoppers and froghoppers. The superfamily is divided into two ...

s in the tribe

Polyneurini The Polyneurini are a tribe of cicadas found in the Palearctic and Indomalaya The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also ...

, erected by

William Lucas Distant William Lucas Distant (12 November 1845 Rotherhithe – 4 February 1922 Wanstead) was an English entomologist. Biography Early years Distant was born in Rotherhithe, the son of whaling captain Alexander Distantspecies:B.R. Subba Rao, Rao, B.R ...

Species

The single

type species In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...

is ''Angamiana aetherea'' , recorded only from the

Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...

region. A number of datases include "''A. floridula''",Global Biodiversity Information Facility: ''Angamiana'' Distant, 1890
(retrieved 7 May 2025) found in China and Indochina, but after a 2024 review is now considered synonymous with '' Proretinata floridula'' : in the monotypic genus ''Proretinata'' , together with five other species names previously placed here.World Auchenorrhyncha Database: genus ''Proretinata'' Chou & Yao, 1986
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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q16938351, from2=Q13487702 Fauna of Southeast Asia Taxa named by William Lucas Distant Polyneurini Cicadidae genera Monotypic insect genera Hemiptera of Asia