Melampsalta literata

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 : 43

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scientific name	Melampsalta literata
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Melampsalta literata ( Distant, 1888 c)

Cicadetta literata Distant 1888 c: 375

Type locality. Pakistan.

The species was originally described from Kashmir ( Distant, 1888 c). Specimens were collected from Hilltop, Kalam from Pinus spp. on 25.VI. 2005.

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

References

Distant, W. L. (1888 c) Descriptions of new species of Oriental Cicadidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (6) 1, 370 - 376.

Metcalf, Z. P. (1963 c) General catalogue of the Homoptera, Fascicle VIII. Cicadoidea. Part 2. Tibicinidae. North Carolina State College Contribution, 1564, i - vi, 1 - 492.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
Family	Cicadidae
Genus	Melampsalta

Melampsalta literata

Ahmed, Zubair & Sanborn, Allen F. 2010

2010

Cicadetta literata

Distant 1888: 375

1888

Specimens