''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, most members of which have colourful marking on their forewings, found across tropical and temperate Asia. Their bright wing patterns have been hypothesized as being a case of

Batesian mimicry Batesian mimicry is a form of mimicry where a harmless species has evolved to imitate the warning signals of a harmful species directed at a predator of them both. It is named after the English naturalist Henry Walter Bates, who worked on butt ...

where the toxic models may be day-flying moths of the subfamilies

Zygaeninae The Zygaeninae are a subfamily of the Zygaenidae family of moths. These are day-flying moths. Species of the genus ''Zygaena'' are native to the West Palearctic, while the genus '' Reissita'' is found on the Arabian Peninsula. They are able to bi ...

and

Arctiinae The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...

. It was thought to be related to the genus '' Tosena'' but is differentiated by the exposed tympanum and lacks spines on the sides of the pronotum and now in a separate

tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide use of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. The definition is contested, in part due to conflict ...

Species

The ''World Auchenorrhyncha Database''World Auchenorrhyncha Database: genus ''Gaeana'' Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
/ref> includes: # '' Gaeana atkinsoni'' Distant, 1892 # '' Gaeana cheni'' Chou, Lei, Li, Lu & Yao, 1997 # '' Gaeana consors'' Atkinson, 1884 # '' Gaeana hainanensis'' Chou & Yao, 1895 # ''

Gaeana maculata ''Gaeana maculata'' is the type species of cicadas in the genus ''Gaeana''. It was first described by Dru Drury in 1773, from China and now three subspecies have been identified: # ''G. maculata barbouri'' # ''G. maculata distanti'' # ''G. ma ...

'' (Drury, 1773) - type species (3 subspecies including nominate ''Cicada maculata'' ) # ''

Gaeana nigra ''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, ...

'' Lei & Chou, 1997 Note: species previously placed here are now included in: '' Ambragaeana, Balinta, Becquartina, Callogaeana'', '' Sulphogaeana'' and '' Tosena'' * ''G. chinensis'' Kato, 1940 is a synonym of '' Callogaeana festiva'' * ''G. variegata'' Yen, Robinson & Quicke, 2005 is now placed in genus '' Ueana'' (tribe Cicadettini)

References

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