Melampsalta musiva (Germar, 1830)

Cicada musiva Germar 1830: 43

Cicada melampsalta Walker 1850: 239 . Cicada tamarisci Walker 1870: 2403. Type locality. Nubia.

Distant (1906a) reported the species from Pakistan.

Remarks. The species has been reported from North Africa to Pakistan (Metcalf 1963c; Dlabola 1981; Lodos & Klakandelen 1981; Duffels & van der Laan 1985; Mirzayans 1995; Mozaffarian & Sanborn 2010).