Semia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraordo: Cicadomorpha
Superfamilia: Cicadoidea

Familia: Cicadidae
Subfamilia: Cicadinae
Tribus: Cicadini
Subtribus: Psithyristriina
Genus: Semia
Species: S. albusequi – S. brevidilata – S. gialaiensis – S. magna – S. majuscula – S. pallida – S. spinosa – S. spiritus
Name

Semia Matsumura, 1917
References

Emery, D.L., Lee, Y.J. & Pham, H-T. 2017. Descriptions of four new species of Semia Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Psithyristriini) from Vietnam, with a key to the species of Semia. Zootaxa 4216(1): 153–166. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4216.1.2. Reference page.
Hong-Thai, P.; Constant, J. 2013: A new species of the cicada genus Semia Matsumura, 1917 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from Vietnam, with a key to the species of the genus. Zootaxa 3709(5): 494–500. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3709.5.7 Reference page.
Yang, M.; Wei, C. 2014: New species of the cicada genus Semia Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from China and a phylogeny of Semia spp. and their relatives based on molecular data. Journal of natural history, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.908975 Reference page.

Semia[1] is a genus of Asian cicadas in the tribe Cicadini, erected by Matsumura in 1917.
Species

The following are included by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility:[2][3]

Semia albusequi Emery, Lee & Pham, 2017[4]
Semia brevidilata Yang & Wei, 2014
Semia gialaiensis Pham & Constant, 2013[5]
Semia hainanensis Yang & Wei, 2013
Semia klapperichi Jacobi, 1944
Semia lachna (Lei & Chou, 1997)
Semia magna Emery, Lee & Pham, 2017
Semia majuscula (Distant, 1917)
Semia pallida Emery, Lee & Pham, 2017
Semia spinosa Pham, Hayashi & Yang, 2012 - Vietnam[6]
Semia spiritus Emery, Lee & Pham, 2017
Semia tibetensis Yang & Wei, 2014
Semia watanabei (Matsumura, 1907) - type species (as Leptopsaltria watanabei Matsumura, 1907)[4]

References

Matsumura (1917) A list of the Japanese and Formosan Cicadidae, with description of new species and genera. Transactions of the Sapporo Natural History Society 6: 186-212.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Semia Matsumura, 1917 (retrieved 17 March 2022)
BioLib.cz: Semia Matsumura, 1916 (retrieved 17 March 2022)]
Emery D, Lee YJ, Pham H-T (2017) Descriptions of four new species of Semia Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Psithyristriini) from Vietnam, with a key to the species of Semia. Zootaxa 4216(1): 153–166.
Pham HT, Constant J (2013) A new species of the cicada genus Semia Matsumura, 1917 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from Vietnam, with a key to the species of the genus. Zootaxa 3709(5): 494–500.
Hong-Thai Pham, Masami Hayashi, Jeng-Tze Yang (2012) First record of the cicada genus Semia Matsumura (Hemiptera, Cicadidae) from Vietnam, with the description of one new species and a key to species. Zookeys (174): 31–40.