Gaeanini is a tribe of cicadas in the family
Cicadidae, found in the
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
and
Indomalaya. There are about 10 genera and at least 50 described species in Gaeanini.
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Genera
These 10 genera belong to the tribe Gaeanini:[
* '']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 ...
'' Chou & Yao, 1985 c g
* '' Balinta'' Distant, 1905 c g
* '' Becquartina'' Kato, 1940 c g
* '' Callogaeana'' Chou & Yao, 1985 c g
* '' Gaeana'' Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 c g
* '' Paratalainga'' He, 1984 c g
* ''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'' is a genus of cicadas, most members of which have colourful marking on their forewings, found acr ...
'' Chou & Yao, 1985 c g
* '' Talainga'' Distant, 1890 c g
* '' Taona'' Distant, 1909 c g
* '' Trengganua'' Moulton, 1923 c g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[ c = Catalogue of Life,][ g = GBIF,][ b = Bugguide.net]
Notes
References
* Metcalf, Z.P. (1963) ''General Catalogue of the Homoptera'', fascicle VIII, Cicadoidea, part 1. Cicadidae. section II. Gaeninae and Cicadinae. North Carolina State College, Raleigh, pp. 587–919.
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Cicadinae
Hemiptera tribes