genus

Kosemia Matsumura, 1927

Descendants and synonyms

Kosemia Matsumura, 1927a: 55.
type species by original designation Cicadetta sachalinensis Matsumura, 1917
Leptopsalta Kato, 1928g: 185.
type species by original designation Melampsalta radiator Uhler, 1896
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Leptopsalta Kato, 1928 (subjective synonym of Kosemia Matsumura, 1927) in Lee, 2008b: 457.
Karapsalta Matsumura, 1931 (objective synonym of Kosemia Matsumura, 1927) in Hayashi & Saisho, 2011: 184.

Cicadetta sachalinensis Matsumura, 1917 type species by original designation of Kosemia Matsumura, 1927

No descendants observations found

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Japanese: 小, ko (small, little) + Semia

Hayashi, M. & Saisho, Y. (2011) The Cicadidae of Japan. Seibindo Shinkosha, Tokyo, 223 pp. [in Japanese]
Kato, M. (1928g) Descriptions of two new genera of Japanese Cicadidae and corrections of some species. The Insect World, 32, 182–188.
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Matsumura, S. (1931a) Homoptera. In 6000 illustrated insects of Japan Empire. Toko-Shoin. Tokyo. pp. 1229–1274. [in Japanese; 1496 pp. + 10 pls.]
Sanborn, A.F. (1999a) Cicada (Homoptera: Cicadidoidea) type material in the collections of the American Museum of Natural History, California Academy of Sciences, Snow Entomological Museum, Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, and the United States National Museum. Florida Entomologist, 82(1), 34–60.