title: A review of the genus Kanakia Distant, 1892 (Insecta: Hemiptera, Cicadoidea, Cicadidae) from New Caledonia.
abstract: Among New Caledonian cicada taxa, the endemic genus Kanakia Distant, 1892 appears as the most spectacular one, especially because of the large size of its species (length up to 50 mm for males). Recent new specimen collections helped to clarify the taxonomy of this spectacular genus. According to morphological characteristics, we were able to redefine and to split the present genus into three distinct genera: Kanakia Distant, 1892, Pseudokanakia Delorme gen. nov. and Panialna Delorme gen. nov. These two new genera are monotypic and have been respectively established from revision of Kanakia flavoannulata (Distant 1920) and Kanakia parva Boulard 1991. Also, the type species, Kanakia typica Distant, 1892, appears to be a complex of cryptic species. New acoustic and morphological observations allowed us to redefine K. typica and to describe four new species in this complex: Kanakia paniensis Delorme sp. nov., Kanakia rana Delorme sp. nov., Kanakia salesnii Delorme sp. nov. and Kanakia fuscocosta Delorme sp. nov. Kanakia gigas Boulard 1988 is also briefly discussed and the female is described. An identification key of the Kanakia species and allied genera is also provided.
authors.affiliation: 23 rue des églantines 41 210 Neung-sur-Beuvron.; Email: qdelorme@hotmail.fr.
authors.forename: Quentin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Delorme
authors.affiliation: Institut Agronomique néo-Calédonien, Axe 1, Connaissance et amélioration des agrosystèmes, Laboratoire d'Entomologie Appliquée, Station de Recherches Fruitières de Pocquereux, PO Box 32, 98880 La Foa, Nouvelle-Calédonie.; Email: mille@iac.nc.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mille
authors.affiliation: Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie marine et continentale (IMBE), Aix- Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, Avignon Université, UMR IRD 237 IMBE, Centre IRD de Nouméa, 101 Promenade Roger Laroque, BPA5, 98848 Nouméa cedex, New Caledonia.; Email: herve.jourdan@ird.fr.
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jourdan
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009510:New Caledonia; D013045:Species Specificity