Cicadatra gingat China , 1926

Ahmed, Zubair & Sanborn, Allen F., 2010, The cicada fauna of Pakistan including the description of four new species (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae), Zootaxa 2516, pp. 27-48 : 40

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scientific name	Cicadatra gingat China , 1926
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Type locality. Pakistan.

The species was described by China (1926) from the Northwestern Frontier Province. Specimens were collected from Ziarat, Baluchistan in large quantities. Specimens were collected 26.VI.2005 and 28.VI.2009. The species is eaten by humans in the region.

Remarks. The species has been reported from Pakistan and India ( Metcalf 1963b).

References

China, W. E. (1926) A new species of Cicadatra (Homoptera, Cicadidae) from Waziristan, with notes on the allied genus Psalmocharias, Kirk. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (9) 18, 374 - 376.

Metcalf, Z. P. (1963 b) General catalogue of the Homoptera, Fascicle VIII. Cicadoidea. Part 1. Cicadidae. Section II. Gaeninae and Cicadinae. North Carolina State College Contribution, 1502, 587 - 919.