Platypleurini
Creators: name: Yang, Mingsheng
name: Wei, Cong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadidae

description: Tribe Platypleurini Schmidt
Genus Platypleura Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
32. Platypleura kaempferi (Fabricius, 1794)
Tettigonia kaempferi Fabricius, 1794: 23.
Platypleura kaempferi: Chou et al., 1997: 168; Chen & Zheng, 2000: 40; Lee & Hayashi, 2003a: 153; Lee, 2008: 3; Hayashi & Saisho, 2011: 37.
Distribution. Most provinces of China (including Hainan and Taiwan), Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Vietnam (Chou et al., 1997; Lee, 2008).
Remarks. This species was recorded from Hainan by Chou et al. (1997). The record of this species from USSR by Chou et al. (1997) could not be confirmed, and is not supported by other literature (e.g. Hayashi & Saisho, 2011; Lee, 2008; Lee & Hayashi, 2003a).
33. Platypleura hilpa Walker, 1850
Platypleura hilpa Walker, 1850: 6; Chou et al., 1997: 170; Chen & Zheng, 2000: 40; Lee & Hayashi, 2003a: 156; Lee, 2008: 3.
Material examined. Hainan: 3♂♂3♀♀, Mt. Qixianling, 150 m, 14.v.2011, coll. Yang Mingsheng (NWAFU); 6♂♂, Xinglong, 30 m, 19.v.2011, coll. Yang Mingsheng (NWAFU); 2♂♂1♀, Mt. Bawangling, 150 m, 26.v.2011, coll. Yang Mingsheng (NWAFU); 5♂♂1♀, Jianfeng, 170 m, 30.v.2011, coll. Yang Mingsheng (NWAFU); 5♂♂1♀, Bangxi, 80 m, 1.vi.2011, coll. Yang Mingsheng (NWAFU); 1♂ 2♀♀, Danzhou, 135 m, 1.vi.2011, coll. Yang Mingsheng (NWAFU); 4♂♂, Leiming, 60 m, 3.vi.2011, coll. Yang Mingsheng (NWAFU); 2♂♂3♀♀, Dingan, 20 m, 3.vi.2011, coll. Yang Mingsheng (NWAFU); 3♂♂2♀♀, Mt. Tongguling, 20 m, 26.viii.2010, coll. Yang Mingsheng (NWAFU); 1♂, Maoyang, 325 m, light trap, 5.viii.2009, coll. Xiaobin (NWAFU).
Distribution. China (Hainan, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Yunnan and Taiwan), Vietnam (Chou et al., 1997; Lee, 2008).
34. Platypleura assamensis Atkinson, 1884
Platypleura assamensis Atkinson, 1884: 212; Chou et al., 1997: 171; Chen & Zheng, 2000: 40.
Material examined. Hainan: 1♀, Mt. Jianfengling, 950 m, light trap, 20.vii.2009, coll. Meng Rui (NWAFU). Distribution. China (Hainan and Yunnan), India (Chou et al., 1997).
Remarks. This species is newly recorded from Hainan.
Genus Pycna Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
35. Pycna coelestia Distant, 1904
Pycna coelestia Distant, 1904a: 335; Chou et al., 1997: 175; Chen & Zheng, 2000: 40.
Material examined. Hainan: 1♂, Mt. Jianfengling, 27.ii.1982, coll. Pan Ruilin (SYSU); 2♀♀, Mt. Jianfengling, 5.iv.1992, coll. Wang Min (NWAFU).
Distribution. China (Hainan, Guangdong, Sichuan and Guangxi) (Chen & Zheng, 2000; Chou et al., 1997).
Tribe Gaeanini Distant
Genus Gaeana Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
36. Gaeana hainanensis Chou & Yao, 1985
Gaeana hainanensis Chou & Yao, 1985: 128; Chou et al., 1997: 137; Pham & Yang, 2009: 6.
Material examined. Hainan: 1♂ 2♀♀, Mt. Limushan, 650 m, 19.iv.2008, coll. Zheng Jianwu & Men Qiulei (NWAFU); 2♂♂, Mt. Wuzhishan, 700 m, 17.v.2007, coll. Duan Yani & Li Yankai (NWAFU). Distribution. China (Hainan), Vietnam (Pham & Yang, 2009).
37. Gaeana consors Atkinson, 1884
Gaeana consors Atkinson, 1884: 221; Chou et al., 1997: 137; Sanborn, Phillips & Sites, 2007: 26.
Distribution. China (Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan and Guangdong), Thailand, India and Myanmar (Chou et al., 1997; Sanborn et al., 2007).
Remarks. This species was recorded from Hainan by Chou et al. (1997).
38. Gaeana cheni Chou & Yao, 1985
Gaeana cheni Chou & Yao, 1985: 129; Chou et al., 1997: 138; Chen & Zheng, 2000: 40; Sanborn, Phillips & Sites, 2007: 26; Pham & Yang, 2009: 6.
Material examined. Hainan: 1♂, Mt. Jianfengling, 12.iv.1982, coll. Hu Huihong (SYSU). Distribution. China (Hainan, Guangdong and Yunnan), Vietnam and Thailand (Chen & Zheng, 2000; Chou et al., 1997; Pham & Yang, 2009; Sanborn et al., 2007).
description: Published as part of Yang, Mingsheng & Wei, Cong, 2013, A checklist of the cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Hainan Island, China, with description of a new species, pp. 113-132 in Zootaxa 3731 (1) on pages 124-125, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3731.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/223022