Tigripleura
| Tigripleura | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Tribe: | Platypleurini |
| Genus: | Lee, 2024 |
| Species: | T. ggoma
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| Binomial name | |
| Tigripleura ggoma Lee, 2024
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Tigripleura is a monotypic genus of Asian cicadas in the tribe Platypleurini, erected by Young June Lee in 2024.[1]
Species
The sole species is Tigripleura ggoma; the holotype specimens were found in Quảng Bình province, at 800–1,200 m. above sea level and to date this species has only been recorded from central Vietnam. Lee named the genus from the Latin 'tigris' meaning tiger and the similar (type genus of the tribe) Platypleura; the species name is from the Korean: 꼬마: kkoma or ggoma meaning little child.[2]
References
- ^ Lee YJ (2024) Descriptions of two new cicada genera and a new species of Platypleurini (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae), with some taxonomic changes and comments on the genus Platypleura Amyot & Audinet-Serville. Journal of Insect Biodiversity, 54(2), 48–57. available here
- ^ World Auchenorrhyncha Database: genus Tigripleura Lee, 2024 (retrieved 15 July 2025)