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Chremistica is a genus of cicada

Cicada

A cicada is an insect of the order Hemiptera, suborder Auchenorrhyncha , in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with large eyes wide apart on the head and usually transparent, well-veined wings. There are about 2,500 species of cicada around the world, and many of them remain unclassified...

s from Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia

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and Madagascar

Madagascar

The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...

. Its distribution encompasses India

India

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, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

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, continental South East Asia

Asia

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, Taiwan

Taiwan

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, Philippines

Philippines

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, Malayan Peninsula, Sumatra

Sumatra

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, Borneo

Borneo

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and Java

Java

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, the Lesser Sunda Islands, viz., Lombok

Lombok

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, Sumba

Sumba

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, Sumbawa

Sumbawa

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and Timor

Timor

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, and Sulawesi

Sulawesi

Sulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands. In Indonesia, only Sumatra, Borneo, and Papua are larger in territory, and only Java and Sumatra have larger Indonesian populations.- Etymology :The Portuguese were the first to...

, while one group of species is recorded from Madagascar

Madagascar

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List of species

Chremistica biloba Bregman, 1985
Chremistica bimaculata (Olivier, 1790)
Chremistica borneensis Yaakop, Duffels and Visser, 2005
Chremistica brooksi Yaakop, Duffels and Visser, 2005
Chremistica echinaria Yaakop and Duffels, 2005
Chremistica guamusangensis Salmah and Zaidi, 2002
Chremistica hollowayi Yaakop, Duffels and Visser, 2005
Chremistica kecil Salmah and Zaidi, 2002
Chremistica malayensis Yaakop, Duffels and Visser, 2005
Chremistica minor Bregman, 1985
Chremistica nesiotes Breddin, 1905
Chremistica niasica Yaakop, Duffels and Visser, 2005
Chremistica pontianaka (Distant, 1888)
Chremistica sumatrana Yaakop, Duffels and Visser, 2005
Chremistica tagalica Stål, 1870
Chremistica tridentigera Breddin, 1905
Chremistica umbrosa (Distant, 1904)

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