Kanakia

Delorme, Quentin, Mille, Christian & Jourdan, Hervé, 2016, A review of the genus Kanakia Distant, 1892 (Insecta: Hemiptera, Cicadoidea, Cicadidae) from New Caledonia, Zootaxa 4092 (3), pp. 301-338 : 304-305

Key to male of Kanakia species

1 Large sized cicada (body length> 50 mm); species mostly green, without black faciae on abdomen and pronotum; radial and radiomedial crossveins without brown infuscation.................................... Kanakia gigas Boulard, 1988

- Medium sized cicada (body length <45 mm); species mostly yellowish with black faciae on abdomen and pronotum; radial and radiomedial crossveins with brown infuscation.......................................................... 2

2 Male sternites entirely yellow........................................................................... 3

- Male sternites yellow with black marks.................................................................... 5

3 Forewing with light smoky infuscation along the veins of apical cells, timbals with 4 longs ribs fused ventrally and dorsally........................................................................ Kanakia fuscocosta Delorme sp. nov.

- Forewing entirely hyaline, without light smoky infuscation along the veins of apical cells, timbals with 4 longs ribs fused dorsally; long ribs 1 and 2 fused ventrally..................................................................... 4

4 On pronotum, black median posterior fasciae showing a small rectangular spot, male calling song composed by echemes lasting between 150 and 188 ms..................................................... Kanakia typica Distant, 1892

- On pronotum, black median posterior fasciae showing a pentagonal shape, calling song composed by echemes lasting between 61 and 81 ms........................................................... Kanakia paniensis Delorme sp. nov.

5 Sternites 4 to 7 with wide black spot on; abdomen with black median fascia; male calling song composed by echemes lasting between 45 and 62 ms....................................................... Kanakia salesnii Delorme sp. nov.

- Sternites 4 to 6 with small black spot; abdomen without black median fascia, calling song composed by echemes lasting between 550 and 700 ms...................................................... .. Kanakia rana Delorme sp. nov.