Gaeana
Gaeana | |
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Gaeana maculata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Family: | Cicadidae |
Tribe: | Gaeanini |
Genus: | Gaeana Amyot & Serville, 1843 |
Type species | |
Cicada maculata Drury, 1773
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Synonyms | |
Gaena, Geaena (misspelling) |
Gaeana 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 where the toxic models may be day-flying moths of the subfamilies Zygaeninae and Arctiinae.[1][2] It is closely related to the genus Tosena but is differentiated by the exposed tympanum and lacks spines on the sides of the pronotum.[3]
Species[]
BioLib and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility list:
- Gaeana atkinsoni Distant, 1892
- Chou, Lei, Li, Lu & Yao, 1997
- Kato, 1940
- Atkinson, 1884
- Chou & Yao, 1895
- Gaeana maculata (Drury, 1773)
- Lei & Chou, 1997
- Yen, Robinson & Quicke, 2005
Note: species previously placed here are now included in: Ambragaeana, , Becquartina, Callogaeana (including C. festiva), Sulphogaeana and Tosena
References[]
- ^ Yen, Shen-Horn; Gaden S. Robinson; Donald L. J. Quicke (2005). "Phylogeny, systematics and evolution of mimetic wing patterns of Eterusia moths (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae, Chalcosiinae)". Systematic Entomology. 30 (3): 358–397. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2004.00284.x.
- ^ Green, EE (1910). "Remarkable mimetic resemblance between a Cicadid and an Arctiid moth". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 10: 882–883.
- ^ Distant, W.L. (1892). A monograph of the Oriental Cicadidae. Calcutta: Indian Museum. p. 104.
Categories:
- Hemiptera of Asia
- Gaeanini
- Cicadidae genera