https://www.mapress.com/mt/issue/feed 2025-05-15T10:46:01+12:00 Zhi-Qiang Zhang zhangz@landcareresearch.co.nz Open Journal Systems <p><strong>Megataxa</strong> is a premium open access journal for important works reporting major advances in taxonomy.</p> https://www.mapress.com/mt/article/view/megataxa.17.1.1 2025-05-15T10:38:44+12:00 M.S. MOULDS msmoulds@gmail.com D.C. MARSHALL david.marshall@insectsingers.com

<p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">All described species of cicadas (Cicadidae) from the Northern Territory and South Australia are listed (Tables 1 and 2) and the composition of these faunas is briefly compared and discussed.</span></span></span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">Five new genera and 12 new species are described from arid regions of Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales, viz. </span><em style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">Amica glauca</em> <strong style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">gen. et sp. nov.</strong><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">, </span><em style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">Amica sitis</em> <strong style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">gen. et sp. nov.</strong><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">, </span><em style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">Arenopsaltria exmouthensis </em><strong style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">sp. nov.</strong><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">, </span><em style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">Arenopsaltria dryas </em><strong style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">sp. nov.</strong><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">, </span><em style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">Austropunia cheloides</em> <strong style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">gen. et sp. nov.</strong><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">, </span><em style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">Brevia bullula</em> <strong style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">gen. et sp. nov.</strong><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">, </span><em style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">Paraclinata chlorotes</em><strong style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;"> gen. et sp. nov.</strong><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">, </span><em style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">Paraclinata nullarboris</em> <strong style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">gen. et sp. nov.</strong><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">, </span><em style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">Cognadanga capricornica</em> <strong style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">gen. et sp. nov.</strong><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">, </span><em style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">Cognadanga isos</em> <strong style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">gen. et sp. nov.</strong><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">, </span><em style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">Gudanga kolos</em> <strong style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">sp. nov.</strong><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;"> and </span><em style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">Xeropsalta eremica</em> <strong style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">sp. nov. </strong><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">Notes on the attributes of </span><em style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">Heremusina</em><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;"> Ewart, 2018 are reviewed and discussed. Correction is provided for a misidentification of </span><em style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">Paradina leichardti</em><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;"> (Distant, 1882) in the molecular study of Marshall </span><em style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">et al</em><span style="font-size: small; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #000000;">. (2018).</span></p>

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