Mata (cicada)

Mata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadidae
Tribe:	Oncotympanini
Genus:	Mata Distant, 1906
Species
5, see text.

Mata is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. There are currently five described species in Mata. ^[1] In 2021, three new species were described from Meghalaya, India. ^[2]

Species

These five species belong to the genus Mata: ^{[3] [2]}

• Mata kama (Distant, 1881)
• Mata lenonia Sarkar, Mahapatra, Mohapatra, Nair & Kunte, 2021
• Mata meghalayana Sarkar, Mahapatra, Mohapatra, Nair & Kunte, 2021
• Mata rama Distant, 1912
• Mata ruffordii Sarkar, Mahapatra, Mohapatra, Nair & Kunte, 2021

References

1. "Mata". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
2. Sarkar, Vivek; Mahapatra, Cuckoo; Mohapatra, Pratyush P.; Nair, Manoj V.; Kunte, Krushnamegh (2021-01-13). "Description of three new species of the genus Mata Distant, 1906 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Oncotympanini) with notes on their natural history from Indian state of Meghalaya, India". Zootaxa. 4908 (1): 1–28. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4908.1.1. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   33756630.
3. "Browse Mata". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-28.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN   0-8493-0212-9.
• Moulds, M.S. (2005). "An Appraisal of the Higher Classification of Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea) with Special Reference to the Australian Fauna". Records of the Australian Museum. 57 (3): 375–446. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1447. ISSN   0067-1975.
• Sanborn, A.F.; Phillips, P.K. (2013). "Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico" (PDF). Diversity. 5 (2): 166–239. doi: 10.3390/d5020166 .
• Van Duzee, E.P. (1915). "A preliminary review of the West coast Cicadidae". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 23 (1): 21–44. JSTOR   25003648.