''Proretinata'' is a

monotypic genus In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispe ...

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 belonging to the tribe

Polyneurini The Polyneurini are a tribe of cicadas found in the Palearctic and Indomalaya 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 ...

(subtribe Polyneurina); it was erected by Chou and Yao in 1986, with the name derived from Greek: πρό (before) and retina (Latin for net, strap or rope), referring to the grey-white transverse stripe on the forewing.

Species, distribution and nomenclature

The single species ''Proretinata floridula'' was long placed in the genus '' Angamiana'' (erected by Distant), but moved in 2024Wang J-L, Zhang W-Z, Yang Y-Y, Hayashi M, Wei C (2024) Phylogeny and evolution of the cicada tribe Polyneurini (Hemiptera, Cicadidae). ''Systematic Entomology'', 50(1), 180–205.

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''Proretinata fuscula'' . The distribution records for this species include southern China and Indochina.

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q134703583, from2=Q118728861 Polyneurini Cicadidae genera Taxa named by William Lucas Distant Taxa described in 1986 Hemiptera of Asia Monotypic insect genera