Accepted by H. Duffels: 11 Aug. 2014; published: 19 Aug. 2014 ZOOTAXA ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) Copyright © 2014 Magnolia Press Zootaxa 3852 (5): 579–584 www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ Article 579 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3852.5.6 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B7A67C02-2295-44B7-8064-28D1883A9F9B The cicada genus Karenia Distant, 1888 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae), with description of a new species HONG-THAI PHAM 1,3 & JEROME CONSTANT 2 1 Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), 18 Hoang Quoc Viet St, Hanoi, Vietnam. E-mail: phamthai1976@yahoo.com 2 Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Department of Entomology, Vautierstreet 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium. E-mail: jerome.constant@naturalsciences.be 3 Corresponding author Abstract The cicadas of the genus Karenia are reviewed, and Karenia tibetensis sp.nov. (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) is described from Tibet, China. Pictures of the male adult and illustrations of the male genitalia are provided. A key to the species of Karenia is presented and the distribution of the Karenia species is discussed Key words: Tibet, Karenia tibetensis, Cicadettinae, morphology, distribution Introduction The cicada genus Karenia was erected by Distant (1888) for Karenia ravida Distant, 1888 from Burma. The genus Karenia belongs to the tribe Sinosenini of the subfamily Cicadettinae . The second species, K. caelatata, was described by Distant (1890) from Chia Kou Ho, China. Chou et al. (1997) described a third species, Karenia sulcata Lei & Chou, which is distributed in Yunnan Province, southern China. Wei et al. (2009) described a fourth species, K. chama Wei & Zhang, 2009, also from Yunnan Province, southern China. According to Wei et al. (2009), the genus Karenia is distributed in central and southern China and Burma. Recently, Pham & Yang (2012) described a fifth species, K. hoanglienensis Pham & Yang, 2012, from Lao Cai Province, northern Vietnam. Here we describe a new species, Karenia tibetensis sp. nov., from Tibet, China. Materials and methods Ten males of the new species Karenia tibetensis sp.nov. were collected from Fa-Mu-Dui, Linzhin, Tibet, China. The holotype and eight paratypes are deposited in the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), and one paratype in the Vietnam National Museum of Nature (VNMN), Vietnam. Morphological terminology follows that of Moulds (2005). The genitalia of all the male specimens have been examined. The male genitalia of the holotype was examined and photographed using a dissecting microscope (Leica MZ7 5). Images of the genitalia and habitus photos were enhanced using Photoshop 7.0 software to increase the depth of field.