''Eopycna'' is a genus 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
Platypleurini
The Platypleurini are a tribe (biology), tribe of cicadas from the Afrotropical realm, Afrotropical and Indomalayan realms. There are at least 240 described species in Platypleurini. The earliest member of the group is the fossil cicada ''Eopla ...
, erected by
Allen Sanborn in 2020; he named it from the Greek: ἠώς (early, dawn) and the similar genus ''
Pycna'', where several species were placed before the revision.
[
Species distribution records include: Pakistan, northern India, ]Himalayas
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, Sri Lanka, China, Taiwan, Japan, Indochina
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, Malesia
Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. It is a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical kingdom. It was first recognized as a distinct region ...
(not the Philippines) through to New Guinea
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.[World Auchenorrhyncha Database: genus ''Eopycna'' Sanborn, 2020]
(retrieved 10 June 2025)
Species
The ''World Auchenorrhyncha Database''[ includes:
# '' Eopycna coelestia''
# '']Eopycna concinna
''Eopycna'' is a genus of Asian cicadas in the tribe Platypleurini, erected by species:Allen F. Sanborn, Allen Sanborn in 2020; he named it from the Greek: ἠώς (early, dawn) and the similar genus ''Pycna'', where several species were placed b ...
''
# '' Eopycna himalayana''
# '' Eopycna indochinensis''
# '' Eopycna minor''
# '' Eopycna montana''
# '' Eopycna repanda'' - type species (as ''Cicada repanda'' )
# '' Eopycna verna''
References
External links
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Platypleurini
Cicadidae genera
Taxa described in 2020
Hemiptera of Asia