taxonID	type	description	language	source
038C87A69554BC566ED6FA5CFB885E9F.taxon	materials_examined	Type species: Leptopsaltria watanabei Matsumura, 1907	en	Yang, Mingsheng, Wei, Cong (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 (J. Nat. Hist.) 48 (37 - 38): 2307-2323, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.908975, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.908975
038C87A69554BC566ED6FA5CFB885E9F.taxon	discussion	Remarks This genus is very similar to Terpnosia but it differs from the latter in having no claspers behind the uncal lobes of the pygofer and the acutely pointed distal shoulder of pygofer. This genus is also similar to the Pomponia linearis species group, but it can be distinguished from the latter by the following characters: hind wing with zigzag infuscation along bases of apical cells 1 – 3; male abdomen widest across abdominal segment 4; and basal lobe of pygofer absent (Lee 2012 b) or short; uncus bifurcate, forming a pair of uncal lobes.	en	Yang, Mingsheng, Wei, Cong (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 (J. Nat. Hist.) 48 (37 - 38): 2307-2323, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.908975, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.908975
038C87A69552BC5A6E31FAD2FEB35985.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined 1 ♂ (NWAFU), China: Yunnan Province, Malutang, 12 June 2009, 1000 m, light trap, coll. Zhang Lei; 1 ♂ (NWAFU), China: Yunnan Province, Malutang, 12 June 2009, 1000 m, light trap, coll. Ma Libin; 1 ♀ (NWAFU), China: Yunnan Province, Daluo, 23 May 2009, 800 m, light trap, coll. Ma Libin.	en	Yang, Mingsheng, Wei, Cong (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 (J. Nat. Hist.) 48 (37 - 38): 2307-2323, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.908975, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.908975
038C87A69552BC5A6E31FAD2FEB35985.taxon	description	Description of male Head (Figures 1 A – B, 2 A) mostly greenish, with irregular dark brown markings on vertex; ocellus reddish, eye castaneous, distance between lateral ocellus and corresponding eye much longer than that between lateral ocelli; gena and lorum mostly dark brown; postclypeus moderately prominent, with black stripes along transverse grooves mid-anteriorly and large black mark mid-posteriorly; anteclypeus mostly brown, with large median blackish marking; rostrum yellowish green with blackish tip, almost extending to hind margin of sternite II. Pronotum (Figure 1 A – B) mostly brown, with pair of central longitudinal reddish brown fasciae broadened at both anterior and posterior parts; anterolateral margin of pronotal collar dentate and posterolateral angle developed. Mesonotum (Figure 1 A – B) yellowish to dark brown, indistinctly with several short to long brown fasciae; cruciform elevation greenish yellow with short golden hairs. Ventral surface of thorax (Figure 1 B) most yellowish green, without distinct markings. Wings (Figure 1 A – B) hyaline, with veins brown or yellowish green; forewing with infuscations along crossveins r, m, r-m and m-cu, vein CuA 2, bases and apices of veins RA 1, RA 2, RP, M 1 – 4, CuA 1, and outer margins of apical cells 1 – 7; hind wing tinged with continuous infuscations along basal veins of apical cells 1 – 3 and outer margins of apical cells 1 – 6. Legs (Figure 1 B) yellowish to brown, without distinct markings; fore femur with primary spine long, digitate and prostrate; secondary spine long, digitate and erect; subapical spine very short and erect. Abdomen (Figure 1 A – B) yellowish to reddish brown; timbal cover (Figure 2 B) pale brown, small and somewhat semicircular; timbal (Figure 2 B) mostly exposed with seven ribs and three intercalary ribs. Operculum (Figure 1 B) pale yellowish green, not beyond posterior margin of sternite II, transverse but both opercula widely separated from each other. Ventral surface of abdomen (Figure 1 B) pale brown, somewhat translucent. Genitalia (Figure 2 C – D). Pygofer somewhat barrel-shaped in ventral view; dorsal beak long with obtuse tip, protruding upwards in lateral view; distal shoulder acute, remarkably curved laterally and almost prostrate; uncal lobe of pygofer long, with inner margins subparallel and apex rounded, separated from the other one from base to apex; basal lobe of pygofer stout and curved inward in ventral view. Sternite VII short, with posterior margin rounded. Description of female Head and thorax (Figure 3 A – B) mostly black, sparsely covered with short golden hairs. Abdomen (Figure 3 A – B) short, obconical, mostly black with irregular reddish brown spots dorsally, and mostly yellowish brown except for black sternites VI – VII. Operculum (Figure 3 B) mostly dark brown with lateral margin black, almost rectangular with lateral margin sinuate basally; posterior margin truncated, reaching to posterior margin of sternite II. Pygofer (Figure 3 C – D) with dorsal beak short and acute; ovipositor short, not extending beyond the end of abdomen; sternite VII with median incision very narrow and shallow. Measurement (2 ♂♂, 1 ♀) Length of body (excluding wings): ♂ 39.0 – 40.0, ♀ 35.0; length of forewing: ♂ 45.5 – 46.0, ♀ 47.5; width of forewing: ♂ 14.0 – 15.0, ♀ 15.0; width of head (including eyes): ♂ 9.0 – 9.0, ♀ 9.5; width of pronotum (including pronotal collar): ♂ 12.0, ♀ 13.5; width of mesonotum: ♂ 10.0, ♀ 11.0.	en	Yang, Mingsheng, Wei, Cong (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 (J. Nat. Hist.) 48 (37 - 38): 2307-2323, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.908975, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.908975
038C87A69552BC5A6E31FAD2FEB35985.taxon	distribution	Distribution China (Yunnan), Vietnam and Laos.	en	Yang, Mingsheng, Wei, Cong (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 (J. Nat. Hist.) 48 (37 - 38): 2307-2323, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.908975, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.908975
038C87A69552BC5A6E31FAD2FEB35985.taxon	discussion	Remarks This species is recorded from China for the first time. It can be easily distinguished from other species of Semia by the uncal lobes of the pygofer, which are tapering to the subapex, with apex roundly expanded and slightly twisted longitudinally. In addition, we recognise the basal lobe of the pygofer for this species in the present study, which was considered to be absent in species of Semia when Lee (2012 b) reviewed this genus.	en	Yang, Mingsheng, Wei, Cong (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 (J. Nat. Hist.) 48 (37 - 38): 2307-2323, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.908975, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.908975
038C87A6955EBC5E6EC2FC19FE495869.taxon	description	(Figures 4 – 6)	en	Yang, Mingsheng, Wei, Cong (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 (J. Nat. Hist.) 48 (37 - 38): 2307-2323, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.908975, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.908975
038C87A6955EBC5E6EC2FC19FE495869.taxon	materials_examined	Type material Holotype: ♂ (NWAFU), China: Yunnan Province, Malutang, 11 June 2009, 900 m, light trap, coll. Cui Wei. Paratypes: 1 ♀ (NWAFU), China: Yunnan Province, Malutang, 11 June 2009, 900 m, light trap, coll. Cui Wei; 1 ♀ (NWAFU), China: Yunnan Province, Yaoqu, 29 May 2009, 800 m, light trap, coll. Cui Wei; 1 ♀ (NWAFU), China: Hainan Province, Mt. Wuzhishan, 2 August 2009, 720 m, light trap, coll. Gao Xia.	en	Yang, Mingsheng, Wei, Cong (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 (J. Nat. Hist.) 48 (37 - 38): 2307-2323, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.908975, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.908975
038C87A6955EBC5E6EC2FC19FE495869.taxon	description	Description of male Head (Figures 4 A – B, 5 A) mostly yellowish green, with pair of large irregular brownish markings on vertex, a black median fascia from between lateral ocelli broadly connected with posterior margin of head; ocellus reddish, eye castaneous, distance between lateral ocellus and corresponding eye much longer than that between lateral ocelli; lorum with large blackish mark; postclypeus moderately prominent, with black stripes along transverse grooves mid-anteriorly and large black mark posteriorly; anteclypeus mostly yellowish green, with large median blackish marking; rostrum yellowish green with blackish tip, almost extending to hind margin of sternite II. Pronotum (Figure 4 A – B) mostly yellowish green, with pair of central longitudinal black fasciae broadened at both anterior and posterior parts; anterolateral margin of pronotal collar dentate and posterolateral angle developed. Mesonotum (Figure 4 A – B) mostly yellowish green, with the following black marks: central longitudinal fascia with posterior end broadened; pair of outwardly curved fasciae on submedian sigillae, with anterior part a little broadened and fused with central fascia; pair of inwardly curved fasciae along parapsidal sutures, with posterior end broadened and connected with the outwardly curved fasciae; pair of slightly inwardly curved short fasciae and several small irregular spots on lateral sigillae; pair of roundish spots enclosing scutal depressions. Ventral surface of thorax (Figure 4 B) yellowish, without distinct markings. Wings (Figure 4 A – B) hyaline, with veins brown or yellowish green; forewing with infuscations along crossveins r, m, r-m, vein CuA 2, bases of veins RA 2 and M 1, apices of veins RA 2, RP, M 1 – 4 and CuA 1; hind wing tinged with continuous infuscations along basal veins of apical cells 1 – 3. Legs (Figure 4 B) mostly yellowish green; generally with blackish markings on basal and apical parts of both femora and tibiae, and on apical parts of pretarsi and pretarsal claws; fore femur with primary spine long, digitate and slant, secondary and subapical spines short, sharp and erect. Abdomen (Figure 4 A – B) pale yellowish to brown; timbal cover (Figure 5 B) dark brown, small and somewhat semicircular; timbal (Figure 5 B) largely exposed with seven ribs and three intercalary ribs. Operculum (Figure 4 B) pale yellowish green, not beyond posterior margin of sternite II, transverse but both opercula widely separated from each other. Ventral surface of abdomen (Figure 4 B) pale brown, somewhat translucent. Genitalia (Figure 5 C – D). Pygofer somewhat rectangular in ventral view; dorsal beak relatively short with obtuse tip, slightly protruding upwards in lateral view; distal shoulder acute, slightly curved laterally; uncal lobe of pygofer relatively short, semicircle-like developed and separated from the other one subbasally; basal lobe of pygofer rudimentary. Sternite VII short, with posterior margin angularly produced. Description of female Head and thorax (Figure. 6 A – B) yellowish green to yellow, sparsely covered with short golden hairs. Lateral part of ambient fissure of pronotum with narrow black fascia, respectively. Mesonotum with the following black marks: very slender central longitudinal fascia with posterior end distinctly broadened; pair of slender and outwardly curved fasciae on submedian sigillae, with broadened anterior end fused with central longitudinal fascia; pair of inwardly curved fasciae along parapsidal sutures, with posterior end of the outwardly curved fasciae; two pairs of black spots in front of anterior angles of cruciform elevation. Abdomen (Figure 6 A – B) short, somewhat obconical, mostly reddish brown dorsally and black ventrally. Operculum (Figure 6 B) somewhat semicircular, with basal half mostly yellowish brown except for black lateral margin, apical half green; posterior margin rounded, reaching to posterior margin of sternite II. Pygofer (Figure 6 C – D) with dorsal beak short and acute; ovipositor short, not extending beyond tip of abdomen; sternite VII with median incision narrow and relatively deep. Measurement (1 ♂, 3 ♀♀) Length of body (excluding wings): ♂ 34.0, ♀ 21.0 – 25.0; length of forewing: ♂ 37.0, ♀ 32.0 – 36.0; width of forewing: ♂ 11.5, ♀ 11.0 – 11.5; width of head (including eyes): ♂ 9.5, ♀ 7.5 – 8.0; width of pronotum (including pronotal collar): ♂ 11.5, ♀ 9.5 – 10.0; width of mesonotum: ♂ 10.0, ♀ 8.0 – 9.0.	en	Yang, Mingsheng, Wei, Cong (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 (J. Nat. Hist.) 48 (37 - 38): 2307-2323, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.908975, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.908975
038C87A6955EBC5E6EC2FC19FE495869.taxon	distribution	Distribution China (Hainan and Yunnan).	en	Yang, Mingsheng, Wei, Cong (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 (J. Nat. Hist.) 48 (37 - 38): 2307-2323, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.908975, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.908975
038C87A6955EBC5E6EC2FC19FE495869.taxon	etymology	Etymology The specific name is derived from Latin ‘ brevi’ and ‘ dilata’ which refer to the relatively short uncal lobes of pygofer.	en	Yang, Mingsheng, Wei, Cong (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 (J. Nat. Hist.) 48 (37 - 38): 2307-2323, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.908975, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.908975
038C87A6955EBC5E6EC2FC19FE495869.taxon	discussion	Remarks This new species is very similar to S. watanabei in external morphology, but it can be distinguished from the latter and other species of Semia by the relatively short uncal lobes of male pygofer.	en	Yang, Mingsheng, Wei, Cong (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 (J. Nat. Hist.) 48 (37 - 38): 2307-2323, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.908975, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.908975
038C87A6955ABC5D6EFAFD45FD195E9B.taxon	description	(Figures 7 – 8)	en	Yang, Mingsheng, Wei, Cong (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 (J. Nat. Hist.) 48 (37 - 38): 2307-2323, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.908975, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.908975
038C87A6955ABC5D6EFAFD45FD195E9B.taxon	materials_examined	Type material Holotype: ♂ (NWAFU), China: Tibet Autonomous Region, Motuo, 7 June 1980, 1310 m, light trap, coll. Jin Yintao & Wu Jianyi.	en	Yang, Mingsheng, Wei, Cong (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 (J. Nat. Hist.) 48 (37 - 38): 2307-2323, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.908975, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.908975
038C87A6955ABC5D6EFAFD45FD195E9B.taxon	description	Description of male Head (Figures 7 A – B, 8 A) mostly yellowish brown, with pair of large irregular brown markings on vertex; ocellus reddish, eye castaneous, distance between lateral ocellus and corresponding eye much longer than that between lateral ocelli; gena and lorum mostly reddish brown, with tuft of golden hairs on gena; postclypeus moderately prominent, with brown stripes along transverse grooves mid-anteriorly and large brown mark posteriorly; anteclypeus yellowish, without distinct markings; rostrum brown with blackish tip, almost extending to hind margin of sternite II. Pronotum (Figure 7 A – B) mostly ochraceous, with pair of central longitudinal black fasciae broadened at both anterior and posterior parts; pronotal collar yellowish green, with anterolateral margin dentate and posterolateral angle developed. Mesonotum (Figure 7 A – B) mostly greenish brown, with the following ochraceous marks: slender central longitudinal fascia with anterior end narrowed and posterior end distinctly broadened; pair of broad outwardly curved fasciae along submedian sigillae; pair of inwardly curved fasciae along parapsidal sutures, with posterior end broadened and connected with the posterior end of outwardly curved fasciae; several small irregular spots on lateral sigillae. Cruciform elevation (Figure 7 A) yellowish green, sparsely covered with long golden hairs. Ventral surface of thorax (Figure 7 B) pale yellowish. Wings (Figure 7 A – B) hyaline, with veins brown or yellowish green; forewing with infuscations along crossveins r, m, r-m and m-cu, CuA 2, base of vein RA 1, bases and apices of veins RA 2, RP, M 1 – 4 and CuA 1, and outer margins of apical cells 1 – 7; hind wing tinged with continuous infuscations along basal veins of apical cells 1 – 3 and outer margins of apical cells 1 – 6. Legs (Figure 7 B) pale yellowish or brown; four spines present on fore femur, of which primary and secondary spines much longer than other two; all spines are erect, sharp, with apices reddish brown. Abdomen (Figure 7 A – B) yellowish to reddish brown, sparsely covered with golden hairs dorsally; tergite VIII covered with white pollinosity; timbal cover (Figure 8 B) dark brown, small and somewhat semicircular; timbal (Figure 8 B) largely exposed with six ribs. Operculum (Figure 7 B) pale yellowish, reaching to posterior margin of sternite II, transverse but both opercula widely separated from each other. Ventral surface of abdomen (Figure 7 B) mostly pale brown, somewhat translucent. Genitalia (Figure 8 C – D). Pygofer somewhat oval in ventral view; dorsal beak long with obtuse tip, protruding upwards in lateral view; distal shoulder acute, very slightly curved laterally; uncal lobe of pygofer very long and broad, separated from the other one basally, with inner and outer margins parallel, apex nearly truncated; basal lobe of pygofer relatively long and erect. Sternite VII short, with posterior margin rounded. Measurement (1 ♂) Length of body (excluding wings): 36.0; length of forewing: 41.0; width of forewing: 12.0; width of head (including eyes): 9.0; width of pronotum (including pronotal collar): 11.0; width of mesonotum: 9.5.	en	Yang, Mingsheng, Wei, Cong (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 (J. Nat. Hist.) 48 (37 - 38): 2307-2323, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.908975, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.908975
038C87A6955ABC5D6EFAFD45FD195E9B.taxon	distribution	Distribution China (Tibet).	en	Yang, Mingsheng, Wei, Cong (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 (J. Nat. Hist.) 48 (37 - 38): 2307-2323, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.908975, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.908975
038C87A6955ABC5D6EFAFD45FD195E9B.taxon	etymology	Etymology The specific name is after the locality of the holotype.	en	Yang, Mingsheng, Wei, Cong (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 (J. Nat. Hist.) 48 (37 - 38): 2307-2323, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.908975, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.908975
038C87A6955ABC5D6EFAFD45FD195E9B.taxon	discussion	Remarks This new species can be easily distinguished from other species of Semia by a body of morphological characters, for example, the relatively long and erect basal lobe of pygofer, the long and broad uncal lobes of pygofer which are separated from each other basally and parallel from bases to truncated apices, although further molecular identification of this species could not be performed in this study since the only type specimen of this new species was stored for too long to be used for molecular study. DNA analysis We obtained 15 COI sequences (length 421 bp) from four Semia species and its allies (three Pomponia species) from China in our study, which have been deposited in GenBank (accession numbers are shown in Table 1). Also included in the molecular analysis were another four sequences downloaded from GenBank, which represent four species of three genera (i. e. Semia, Pomponia and Psithyristria) (see Table 1). Among the five species of Semia included in this study, the corrected genetic divergence between different species is 9.7 % on average, with span 7.0 – 12.7 %; it is 0.5 % on average, with span 0.0 – 1.1 % within the same species. Intraspecific genetic divergences are much lower than that among different species of Semia, and no genetic overlaps between intraspecific and interspecific divergences are found, indicating that the species status of every Semia species included in this study is genetically well supported to discriminate from other congeneric species. In addition, the NJ tree (Figure 9) based on the distance method shows Semia and its allied two genera formed a cluster individually, and all representative species of Semia are found to be monophyletic with high statistical support.	en	Yang, Mingsheng, Wei, Cong (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 (J. Nat. Hist.) 48 (37 - 38): 2307-2323, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.908975, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.908975
