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Terpnosia
Terpnosia is a genus of Asian cicadas in the tribe Leptopsaltriini (subtribe Leptopsaltriina), erected by William Lucas Distant in 1892; he named it from the Greek: τερπνός (pleasant) and the suffix -ία. Species distribution records include: India, Sri Lanka, China, Japan, Indochina, Malesia through to New Guinea.
30 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Terpnosia lactea
speciesTerpnosia lactea

Terpnosia graecina
speciesTerpnosia graecina

Terpnosia stipata
speciesTerpnosia stipata

Terpnosia ganesa
speciesTerpnosia ganesa

Terpnosia neocollina
speciesTerpnosia neocollina

Terpnosia puriticis
speciesTerpnosia puriticis

Terpnosia psecas
speciesTerpnosia psecas

Terpnosia nigella
speciesTerpnosia nigella

Terpnosia promiscua
speciesTerpnosia promiscua
Terpnosia maculipes
speciesTerpnosia maculipes

Terpnosia lamrii
speciesTerpnosia lamrii

Terpnosia jenkinsi
speciesTerpnosia jenkinsi

Terpnosia collina
speciesTerpnosia collina
Terpnosia obscurana
speciesTerpnosia obscurana
Terpnosia ransonneti
speciesTerpnosia ransonneti

Terpnosia jinpingensis
speciesTerpnosia jinpingensis
Terpnosia mawi
speciesTerpnosia mawi
Terpnosia posidonia
speciesTerpnosia posidonia
Terpnosia simusa
speciesTerpnosia simusa
Terpnosia elegans
speciesTerpnosia elegans
Terpnosia chapana
speciesTerpnosia chapana
Terpnosia mesonotalis
speciesTerpnosia mesonotalis
Terpnosia ridens
speciesTerpnosia ridens
Terpnosia confusa
speciesTerpnosia confusa
Terpnosia translucida
speciesTerpnosia translucida
Terpnosia rustica
speciesTerpnosia rustica
Terpnosia renschi
speciesTerpnosia renschi
Terpnosia pumila
speciesTerpnosia pumila
Terpnosia viridissima
speciesTerpnosia viridissima
Terpnosia pelabuhanratuensis
speciesTerpnosia pelabuhanratuensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 360868.