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Species

Gaeana maculata (Drury, 1773)

Yellow-spotted black cicada

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (36)

  • Cicada maculata Drury, 1773a: 68.

    Holotype; adult; 763ba937-a170-4b2f-8a32-6ea15c3dcf7a; China, Dr Fothergill

  • Tettigonia maculata (Drury, 1773) in Fabricius, 1775b: 831.
  • Gaeana hainanensis Chou & Yao, 1985 (subjective synonym of Cicada maculata Drury, 1773) in Wang, Zhou, Zhang & Wei, 2025: 725.
  • Gaeana nigra Lei & Chou, 1997 (subjective synonym of Cicada maculata Drury, 1773) in Wang, Zhou, Zhang & Wei, 2025: 725.

Nomenclature references (22)

  • Drury, D. (1773a) Illustrations of natural history, wherein are exhibited upwards of two hundred and twenty figures of exotic insects, according to their different genera; very few of which have hitherto been figured by any author,, being engraved and coloured from nature, with the greatest accuracy, and under the author's own inspection, on fifty cooper-lates, with a particular description of each insect, interspersed with remarks and reflections on the nature and properties of many of them. To which is added a translation into French. B. White, London, Vol. 2, 90 pp. + 50 pls.
  • Fabricius, J.C. (1775b) Appendix. In Systema entomologiae: sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Kortius, Flensburgi et Lipsiae. pp. 817–832. [32 + 832 pp.]
  • Goeze, J.A.E. (1778a) Hemiptera. In Entomologische beyträge zu des ritter Linné Zwolften ausgabe des natursystems. Bey Weidmanns Erben und Reich, Leipzig. Vol. 2, pp. 117–164. [lxxii + 352 pp.] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.45974
  • Amyot, C.J.-B. & Audinet-Serville, J.G. (1843a) Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris, lxxvi + 676 pp. + 12 pls.
  • Walker, F. (1850a) List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. London: Edward Newman, Vol. 1, 1–260. pl. 1–2.
  • Dohrn, F.A. (1859a) Homoptera. In Catalogus Hemipterorum. Herausgegeben von dem entomologischen Vereine zu Stettin, Herrcke & Lebeling, Stettin. Vol. 1859, pp. 56–93. [102 pp.]
  • Stål, C. (1862b) Synonymiska och systematiska anteckningar öfver Hemiptera. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 19, 479–504.
  • Atkinson, E.F.T. (1884a) Notes on Indian Rhynchota, No. 1. Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 53, 210–233.
  • Distant, W.L. (1892b) A monograph of Oriental Cicadidae. West, Newman & Co.; R. Friedlander & Sohn. London; Berlin, xiv + 97–158 pp. + pls. x-xv.
  • Noualhier, J.M. (1896a) Note sur les Hémiptères récoltés en Indo-Chine et offerts au Muséum par M. Pavie. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, (Série 3), 10, 251–259.
  • Wu, C.-F. (1935a) Catalogus insectorum sinensium. (Catalogue of Chinese insects). Fan Memorial Institute of Biology. Peiping, Vol. 2, ii + 634 pp.
  • Liu, G.K.-C. (1940a) New Oriental Cicadidae in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 87(2), 73–117.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1963f) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VIII. Cicadoidea. Part 1. Cicadidae. Section II. Caeaninae and Cicadinae. Baltimore, Md.: Waverly press, 587–919 pp.
  • Chou, I. & Yao, W. (1985a) Studadoj pri la tribo Gaeanini el Ĉineo (Homopteroj: Cikadedoj). Entomotaxonomia, 7, 123–140. [in Chinese]
  • Duffels, J.P. & van der Laan, R.A. (1985a) Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Homoptera, Auchenorhyncha) 1956-1980. In K.A. Spencer (Ed.). Dr. W. Junk Publishers. Series Entomologica. Dr W. Junk Publishers, Netherlands. Vol. 34, xiv + 414 pp.
  • Chou, I., Lei, Z.-R., Li, L., Lu, X.-L. & Yao, W. (1997a) The Cicadidae of China (Homoptera: Cicadoidea). Tianze Eldoneio, Hong Kong, 380 pp., 16 plts. [in Chinese]
  • Boulard, M. (2001c) Cartes d’identité acoustique et éthologie sonore de cinq espèces de cigales thaïlandaises, don’t deux sont nouvelles (Rhynchota, Auchenorhyncha, Cicadidae). École Pratique des Hautes Études, Travaux du Laboratoire Biologie et Evolution des Insectes Hemipteroidea, 14, 49–71.
  • Boulard, M. (2005o) Note technique: Missions cicadologiques en Thaïlande 2000–2004. Chronologie des espèces colligées, publiées ou sous presse (addenda et corrigenda). École Pratique des Hautes Études, Travaux du Laboratoire Biologie et Evolution des Insectes Hemipteroidea, 15, 147–152.
  • Sanborn, A.F. & Villet, M.H. (2014a) Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). USA: Elsevier Science Publishing, 1001 pp.
  • Price, B.W., Allan, E.L., Marathe, K., Sarkar, V., Simon, C.M. & Kunte, K. (2016) The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka: an annotated provisional catalogue, regional checklist and bibliography. Biodiversity Data Journal, 4(e8051), 1–156. https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.4.e8051
  • Li, J.-J., Liu, H.-H., Wu, Y.-X., Ye, L. & Huang, X.-L. (2021) A dataset on type specimens of hemipteran insects in China. Biodiversity Data Journal, 9, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.9.e64443
  • Wang, J.-L., Zhou, J.-R., Zhang, W.-Z. & Wei, C. (2025) Phylogeny, diversification and biogeography of charming moth‐like cicadas in the tribe Gaeanini Distant (Hemiptera, Cicadidae). Systematic Entomology, 713–735. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12676
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: having spots

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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