Species Simona sancta (Distant, 1913)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Melampsalta sancta Distant, W.L. 1913. Undescribed species of Cicadidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 12: 485-491 [490].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♀, Cue, WA.
• Melampsalta subglusa Ashton, H. 1914. Catalogue of the Cicadidae of the South Australian Museum with descriptions of several new species. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 38: 345-358, pl. xvii [354].
• Melampsalta subgulosa Ashton, H. 1915. Synonymic notes on a recent catalogue of Cicadidae in the South Australian Museum. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 39: 91 [91] [name correction, also as subglusa, incorrect subsequent spelling].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SAMA unknown, Cue, WA.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Moulds, M.S. 2012. A review of the genera of Australian cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea). Zootaxa 3287: 1-262 [74]

 

Generic Combinations

• Cicadetta sancta (Distant, 1913).
• Simona sancta (Distant, 1913). —
  Moulds, M.S. 2012. A review of the genera of Australian cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea). Zootaxa 3287: 1-262 [74, 202]
• Cicadetta subgulosa (Ashton, 1915). —
  Duffels, J.P. & van der Laan, P.A. 1985. Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Homoptera, Auchenorhyncha) 1956–1980. Dordrecht, Netherlands : Series Entomologica. Junk Vol. 34 414 pp. [292]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Tanami (TAN)

Ecological Descriptors

Nothing known.

 

General References

Ewart, A., Popple, L.W. & Marshall, D.C. 2015. New species of Simona Moulds, 2012 and Chelapsalta Moulds, 2012 cicadas (Cicadidae: Cicadettinae: Cicadettini) from Australia: comparative morphology, songs, behaviour and distributions. Zootaxa 4001: 1–65 [6]

Ewart, A., Popple, L.W. & Marshall, D.C. 2015. New species of Simona Moulds, 2012 and Chelapsalta Moulds, 2012 cicadas (Cicadidae: Cicadettinae: Cicadettini) from Australia: comparative morphology, songs, behaviour and distributions. Zootaxa 4001: 1–65 [6]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Sep-2015	Cicadettini	15-Sep-2015	MODIFIED
02-Dec-2013	CICADIDAE	02-Dec-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Federica Turco (QM)
28-Jun-2012		25-Jun-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)