Sonata obnubila ( Distant, 1888b )

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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Pomponia obnubila Distant 1888b: 296 View in CoL .

Type locality. Punjab, India.

The species was originally described from Simla (=Shimla) ( Distant 1888b). Chaudhry et al. (1966) first reported on specimens from Kalabagh, Hazara which is in the Northwest Frontier Province. Additional specimens were collected from Chaangla Gali, Murree, Punjab, Pakistan at 8000 feet altitude on 18.VII.2006. They are fast flying, night active cicadas.

Remarks. The species is known from India, Pakistan, Bhutan, and Nepal ( Metcalf 1963a; Chaudhry et al. 1966; Duffels & van der Laan 1985).

References

Chaudhry, G. - U., Chaudhry, M. I. & Khan, S. M. (1966) Survey of insect fauna of forests of Pakistan. Final technical report. Biological Sciences Research Division, Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshwar. 167 pp.

Distant, W. L. (1888 b) Descriptions of new species of Oriental Homoptera belonging to the family Cicadidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (6) 1, 291 - 298.

Duffels, J. P. & van der Laan, P. A. (1985) Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Homoptera, Auchenorhyncha) 1956 - 1980. Dr. W. Junk Publishers, Series Entomologica 34, Dordrect. 414 pp.

Metcalf, Z. P. (1963 a) General catalogue of the Homoptera, Fascicle VIII. Cicadoidea. Part 1. Cicadidae. Section I. Tibiceninae. North Carolina State College Contribution, 1502, i - vii, 1 - 585.