Cochleopsaltria Pham & Constant, 2017, 2018

Wang, Cheng-Bin & Liu, Zhi-Jian, 2025, First record of the genus Cochleopsaltria Pham & Constant (Hemiptera, Cicadidae, Cicadinae) from China, with a description of the second species, ZooKeys 1230, pp. 335-346 : 335-346

Genus Cochleopsaltria Pham & Constant, 2017

Cochleopsaltria Pham & Constant, 2017: 227 (description; 1 sp.); Marshall et al. 2018: 27, 39 (higher taxonomy; list).

Type species.

Cochleopsaltria duffelsi Pham & Constant, 2017 , by original designation and monotypy.

Note.

2 species; Oriental region.

Diagnosis.

The genus Cochleopsaltria Pham & Constant, 2017 can be separated from all other genera in the subtribe Dundubiina by the combination of the following characters: Male. Head not wider than pronotum while wider than mesonotum; rostrum at least reaching posterior coxae; pronotum shorter than mesonotum; pronotal collar with median length long, about 0.4 times as long as pronotal disc; forewings with infuscations; opercula spoon-shaped, broad and strongly convex in about apical 2 / 3, with apices broadly rounded, at least reaching posterior margin of sternite VI; abdomen almost as long as distance from head to cruciform elevation; pygofer upper lobes absent; uncus bifurcate with lobes stout, fused at base. Female. Abdominal tergite 9 with dorsal beak elongate, longer than anal styles; ovipositor sheath extremely elongate.