''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 ''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 ...

'' 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 ''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 ...

'' 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 ''Ambragaeana''Chou & Yao (1985) ''Entomotaxonomia'' 7(2) is a genus of Asian cicadas in the tribe Gaeanini. This genus was previously placed in ''Gaeana'' and species in this tribe are often called "butterfly cicadas" because of the colours and ...

Balinta ''Balinta'' is a genus of Asian cicadas in the tribe Gaeanini, erected by William Lucas Distant in 1905.Distant, WL (1905) Rhynchotal notes. -- XXXI. ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History''. (Ser. 7), 15, 379–387. Species have been recorded ...

Becquartina ''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 ...

Callogaeana ''Callogaeana''Chou & Yao (1985) ''Entomotaxonomia'' 7(2) is a genus of Asian cicadas in the tribe Gaeanini. This genus includes species that were previously placed in ''Gaeana'' and sometimes known as "butterfly cicadas" due to their colourful ...

'', ''

Sulphogaeana ''Sulphogaeana'' is a genus of cicadas found in Asia from the Himalayas east to Laos. They were earlier included in the genus ''Gaeana ''Gaeana'' (from Amyot CJB, Audinet-Serville, JG (1843) Homoptères. Homoptera Latr. n''Histoire naturelle ...

'' and ''

'' * ''G. chinensis'' Kato, 1940 is a synonym of ''

Callogaeana festiva ''Callogaeana festiva'', synonym ''Gaeana festiva'', is a species of cicada in the tribe 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 bio ...

'' * ''G. variegata'' Yen, Robinson & Quicke, 2005 is now placed in genus '' Ueana'' (tribe

Cicadettini Cicadettini is a tribe of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. There are more than 520 described species in Cicadettini, found worldwide except for the Neotropics. Selected Genera * ''Adelia'' Moulds, 2012 * '' Amphipsalta'' Fleming, 1969 * '' Cica ...

)

References

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