Songga is a monotypic genus of Asian cicadas in the tribe Dundubiini (subtribe Dundubiina); it was erected by Young June Lee in 2016,Lee YJ (2016) Erections of Changa gen.nov. and Songga gen.nov. of Aolina (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Dundubiini) with taxonomic notes and a synonymization. Zootaxa, 4084(4), 596–600: p. 597. who named it from the Korean: 송가 pronounced 'song-ga', meaning 'ode'.
Species The single species is Songga scitula , which William Lucas Distant had originally named Pomponia scitula, was identified from a syntype male specimen from Burma (Myanmar), deposited at the Natural History Museum, London;Distant WL (1888) Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. VIII. Enumeration of the Cicadidae collected by Mr. L. Fea in Burma and Tenasserim. Annali del Museo civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. (Ser. 2), 6, 453–459. he named it from the Latin: 'scitula': meaning neat or elegant. This species has been recorded subsequently from India, China and elsewhere in Indochina.World Auchenorrhyncha Database: species Songga scitula (Distant, 1888) (retrieved 18 June 2025)
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