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
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Gaeanini
Gaeanini is a tribe of cicadas in the family Cicadidae, 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 ...
and the monotypic subtribe Becquartinina. This genus includes species that were previously placed in ''
Gaeana
''Gaeana'' (from Amyot CJB, Audinet-Serville, JG (1843) Homoptères. Homoptera Latr. n''Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Deuxième partie'': 455-483. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, 676 pages.) is a genus of cicadas, mo ...
'' and are sometimes known as "butterfly cicadas" due to their colourful wings.
Species
The
Catalogue of Life
The Catalogue of Life (CoL) is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms. It was created in 2001 as a partnership between the global Species 2000 and the American Integrated Taxono ...
Becquartina bifasciata
''Becquartina'' is a genus of Asian cicadas in the tribe Gaeanini and the monotypic subtribe Becquartinina. This genus includes species that were previously placed in ''Gaeana'' and are sometimes known as "butterfly cicadas" due to their colourf ...
'' (Chen KF, 1943)
* ''
Becquartina bleuzeni
''Becquartina'' is a genus of Asian cicadas in the tribe Gaeanini and the monotypic subtribe Becquartinina. This genus includes species that were previously placed in ''Gaeana'' and are sometimes known as "butterfly cicadas" due to their colourf ...
'' Boulard, 2005
* ''
Becquartina decorata
''Becquartina'' is a genus of Asian cicadas in the tribe Gaeanini and the monotypic subtribe Becquartinina. This genus includes species that were previously placed in ''Gaeana'' and are sometimes known as "butterfly cicadas" due to their colourf ...
'' (Kato, 1940) - type species (as ''
Gaeana
''Gaeana'' (from Amyot CJB, Audinet-Serville, JG (1843) Homoptères. Homoptera Latr. n''Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Deuxième partie'': 455-483. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, 676 pages.) is a genus of cicadas, mo ...
Becquartina ruiliensis
''Becquartina'' is a genus of Asian cicadas in the Tribe (biology), tribe Gaeanini and the monotypic subtribe Becquartinina. This genus includes species that were previously placed in ''Gaeana'' and are sometimes known as "butterfly cicadas" due ...