Proretinata
{{Short description|Monotypic genus of cicadas}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Angamiana_floridula.jpg
| image_caption = Proretinata floridula, male
| genus = Proretinata
| parent_authority = Chou & Yao, 1986
| species = floridula
| authority = (Distant, 1904)
| display_parents = 4
| synonyms = {{collapsible list|
- Angamiana bauflei {{Au|Boulard, 1994}}
- Angamiana beauflei {{Au|[sic] (Boulard, 1994)}}
- Angamiana floridula beauflei [sic] {{Au|(Distant, 1904)}}
- Angamiana florida {{Au|(Hayashi, 1982) non Distant, 1904}}
- Angamiana florida [sic] {{Au|(Distant, 1904)}}
- Proretinata fuscula {{Au|Chou & Yao, 1986}}
- Angamiana masamii {{Au|Boulard, 2005}}
- Angamiana melanoptera {{Au|Boulard, 2005}}
- Proretinata vemacula {{Au|Chou & Yao, 1986}}
- Proretinata vemaculata [sic] {{Au|Chou & Yao, 1986}}
- Proretinata yunnanensis {{Au|Chou & Yao, 1986}} }}
| synonyms_ref = [https://hoppers.speciesfile.org/otus/11959/overview World Auchenorrhyncha Database: genus Proretinata Chou & Yao, 1986] (retrieved 10 July 2025)
}}
Proretinata is a monotypic genus of Asian cicadas belonging to the tribe Polyneurini (subtribe Polyneurina); it was erected by Chou and Yao in 1986,Chou I, Yao W (1986) One new genus and eight new species of Polyneurini from China (Homoptera: Cicadidae). Entomotaxonomia, 8, 185–194. [in Chinese] with the name derived from Greek: πρό (before) and retina (Latin for net, strap or rope), referring to the grey-white transverse stripe on the forewing.
Species, distribution and nomenclature
The single species Proretinata floridula {{Au|(Distant, 1904)}} was long placed in the genus Angamiana (erected by Distant), but moved in 2024Wang J-L, Zhang W-Z, Yang Y-Y, Hayashi M, Wei C (2024) Phylogeny and evolution of the cicada tribe Polyneurini (Hemiptera, Cicadidae). Systematic Entomology, 50(1), 180–205. [2025: p. 197] [https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12649 DOI] after synonymy was established with the type Proretinata fuscula {{Au|Chou & Yao, 1986}}. The distribution records for this species include southern China and Indochina.
References
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External links
- {{commonscat-inline|Angamiana}}
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Category:Taxa named by William Lucas Distant