''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 one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an ...

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

Tosena ''Tosena'' is a genus of cicadas from South-East Asia. They are the type genus of tribe Tosenini. Species formerly included in ''Tosena'' are ''Distantalna splendida'', ''Formotosena montivaga'', ''Formotosena seebohmi'' and ''Trengganua sibylla' ...

''. 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 ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...

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and

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...

.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''
Arthropods of Thailand Tosenini {{Cicadidae-stub