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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Tribe: | Oncotympanini |
| Genus: | Mata Distant, 1906 |
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Mata is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. There are currently five described species in Mata. In 2021, three new species were described from Meghalaya, India.
Species
These five species belong to the genus Mata:
- Mata kama (Distant, 1881)
- Mata lenonia Sarkar, Mahapatra, Mohapatra, Nair & Kunte, 2021
- Mata meghalayana Sarkar, Mahapatra, Mohapatra, Nair & Kunte, 2021
- Mata rama Distant, 1912
- Mata ruffordii Sarkar, Mahapatra, Mohapatra, Nair & Kunte, 2021
References
- "Mata". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
- ^ Sarkar, Vivek; Mahapatra, Cuckoo; Mohapatra, Pratyush P.; Nair, Manoj V.; Kunte, Krushnamegh (2021-01-13). "Description of three new species of the genus Mata Distant, 1906 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Oncotympanini) with notes on their natural history from Indian state of Meghalaya, India". Zootaxa. 4908 (1): zootaxa.4908.1.1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4908.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33756630.
- "Browse Mata". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
Further reading
- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- Moulds, M.S. (2005). "An Appraisal of the Higher Classification of Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea) with Special Reference to the Australian Fauna". Records of the Australian Museum. 57 (3): 375–446. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1447. ISSN 0067-1975.
- Sanborn, A.F.; Phillips, P.K. (2013). "Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico" (PDF). Diversity. 5 (2): 166–239. doi:10.3390/d5020166.
- Van Duzee, E.P. (1915). "A preliminary review of the West coast Cicadidae". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 23 (1): 21–44. JSTOR 25003648.
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