''Karenia'' 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
Dundubiini
The Dundubiini are a tribe (biology), tribe of cicadas in the family Cicadidae, found in the Palearctic realm, Palearctic, Indomalayan realm, Indomalaya, Australasia, and the Western Pacific. There are at least 180 described species in Dundubiini ...
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World Auchenorrhyncha Database: genus ''Karenia'' Distant, 1888
/ref> erected by William Lucas Distant
William Lucas Distant (12 November 1845 Rotherhithe – 4 February 1922 Wanstead) was an English entomologist.
Biography Early years
Distant was born in Rotherhithe, the son of whaling captain Alexander Distantspecies:B.R. Subba Rao, Rao, B.R ...
in 1888. There are about six described species in ''Karenia'', found mostly in China and the Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia.
Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...
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Species
The following species belong to the genus ''Karenia'':[
# '' Karenia caelatata'' Distant, 1890
# '' Karenia chama'' Wei & Zhang, 2009
# '' Karenia hoanglienensis'' Pham & Yang, 2012 - Vietnam
# '' Karenia ravida'' Distant, 1888 - type species
# '' Karenia sulcata'' Lei & Chou, 1997
# '' Karenia tibetensis'' Pham & Constant, 2014
]
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Dundubiini
Cicadidae genera
Taxa named by William Lucas Distant
Taxa described in 1888
Hemiptera of Asia