title: Description of a new genus and two new species of high frequency cicada from New Caledonia (Insecta: Hemiptera, Cicadoidea, Cicadidae).
abstract: The new genus Murmurillana Delorme gen. nov., is described within the tribe Cicadettini Buckton, 1889, designating Murmurillana inaudibilis Delorme sp. nov., as the type species. Murmurillana inaudibilis Delorme sp. nov. and Murmurillana paenetacita Delorme sp. nov. are described from New Caledonia. They are respectively found in mid altitude dense Niaouli shrub (Melaleuca quinquenervia, Myrtaceae) vegetation, mixed with dense fern cover (Pteridium sp., Dennstaedtiaceae) on the Massif of Aoupinié (800 m) and on foothills of the Mont Panié (570 m). Male calling songs of the two new species are described from field recordings. These calling songs exhibit unusually high dominant frequencies. A key to the species of Murmurillana Delorme gen. nov., is also provided.
authors.affiliation: 23 rue des églantines 41210 Neung-sur-Beuvron. Institut Agronomique néo-Calédonien, Laboratoire d'Entomologie Appliquée, Station de Recherches Fruitières de Pocquereux, PO Box 32, 98880 La Foa, Nouvelle-Calédonie. Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie marine et continentale (IMBE), Aix-Marseille Université, UMR CNRS-IRD-UAPV, UMR 237 IRD, Centre IRD Nouméa-BP A5, 98848 Nouméa Cedex, Nouvelle-Calédonie.; Email: qdelorme@hotmail.fr.
authors.forename: Quentin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Delorme
authors.affiliation: Institut Agronomique néo-Calédonien, 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, UMR CNRS-IRD-UAPV, UMR 237 IRD, Centre IRD Nouméa-BP A5, 98848 Nouméa Cedex, Nouvelle-Calédonie.; Email: herve.jourdan@ird.fr.
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jourdan
mesh_terms: D000531:Altitude; D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D031650:Melaleuca / Q000469:parasitology; D009510:New Caledonia; D009929:Organ Size; D014828:Vocalization, Animal