''Distantalna splendida'' is a

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 ...

species from Southeast

Asia Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...

, and the sole member of the genus ''Distantalna''. It was previously placed in the genus ''

Tosena ''Tosena'' (from zh, t=篤蟬, hp=dǔchán, w=tu3 ch'an2, l=thick cicadaAmyot CJB, Audinet-Serville, JG (1843) Homoptères. Homoptera Latr. n''Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Deuxième partie'': 455-483. Librairie Encyclopédiqu ...

''. It was described 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 ...

in 1878. A characteristic that distinguishes ''Distantalna splendida'' from the ''

'' species is the partly pale hyaline tegmina and wings. The species of ''

'' do not have hyaline parts in the tegmina and wings. It has been recorded from

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

and

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

.Sanborn, A.F., Phillips, P.K. and Sites, R.W. 2005. The Cicadas of Thailand (Hemiptera: Cicadidae). Poster. 2005 Ecological Society of America Annual meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

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Song of ''Distantalna splendida''

A photo of a mounted female ''Distantalna splendida''
{{Taxonbar, from1=Q16981396, from2=Q16926350, from3=Q18353566 Insects of Thailand Cicadinae Monotypic Hemiptera genera Insects described in 1878 Taxa named by William Lucas Distant Hemiptera of Asia