Terpnosia is a genus of Asian cicadas in the tribe Leptopsaltriini (subtribe Leptopsaltriina), erected by William Lucas Distant in 1892;Distant WL. (1892) On some undescribed Cicadidae, with synonymical notes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 6), 9, 313–327 [p. 325]. 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.
Species The World Auchenorrhyncha DatabaseWorld Auchenorrhyncha Database: genus Terpnosia Distant, 1892 (retrieved 6 June 2025) includes:
Terpnosia chapana Terpnosia collina Terpnosia confusa Terpnosia elegans Terpnosia ganesa Terpnosia graecina Terpnosia jenkinsi Terpnosia jinpingensis Terpnosia lactea Terpnosia lamrii Terpnosia maculipes Terpnosia mawi Terpnosia mesonotalis Terpnosia neocollina Terpnosia nigella Terpnosia obscurana Terpnosia posidonia Terpnosia psecas - type species (as Dundubia psecas ) Terpnosia pumila Terpnosia puriticis Terpnosia ransonneti Terpnosia renschi Terpnosia ridens Terpnosia rustica Terpnosia similis (2 subspecies) Terpnosia simusa Terpnosia stipata Terpnosia translucida Terpnosia viridissima
Note: T. nigricosta is the type species Yezoterpnosia nigricosta ; the genus also contains Y. vacua, previously placed here.
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