Abstract

Two new cicada genera and species, Paratanna parata gen. et sp. n. and Subtibicina tigris gen. et sp. n., are described from India. Paratanna gen. n. is closely related to Tanna Distant, 1905 and is placed in the subtribe Leptopsaltriina of the tribe Cicadini in the subfamily Cicadinae. Subtibicina gen. n. is closely related to Tibicina Amyot, 1847 and is placed in the tribe Tibicinini in the subfamily Tibicininae. Katoa Ouchi, 1938 is transferred from Tibicinini to Cicadettini of the subfamily Cicadettinae. Klapperichicen Dlabola, 1957 is transferred from Tibicinini to Cicadatrini of the subfamily Cicadinae. Tibicinini includes the following nine genera: Tibicina, Okanagana Distant, 1905, Paharia Distant, 1905, Subtibicina gen. n., Tibicinoides Distant, 1914, Clidophleps Van Duzee, 1915, Okanagodes Davis, 1919, Subpsaltria Chen, 1943 and Ahomana Distant, 1905. Cicadatrini includes the following seven genera: Cicadatra Kolenati, 1857, Klapperichicen, Psalmocharias Kirkaldy, 1908, Shaoshia Wei, Ahmed & Rizvi, 2010, Mogannia Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843, Nipponosemia Kato, 1925 and Emathia Stal, 1866. (© 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

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