Neoplatypleura is a genus of Asian cicadas in the tribe Platypleurini, erected by Masayo Kato in 1926,Kato M (1926) A new genus of Cicadidae. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa, 16, 238. but long placed as a subgenus until being restored in 2024.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. DOI The name is derived from the Greek: νέος (new) and the similar (type genus of the tribe) Platypleura; species distribution records include: India, China, Indochina and Malesia.
Species The World Auchenorrhyncha DatabaseWorld Auchenorrhyncha Database: genus Neoplatypleura Kato, 1926 (retrieved 6 June 2025) includes: Neoplatypleura badia Neoplatypleura insignis Neoplatypleura nobilis - type species (as Cicada nobilis ) - Thailand Neoplatypleura vitreolimbata
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