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{{Short description|Genus of cicadas}}
{{about|the genus of cicadas|the mythological goddess|Semla (mythology)}}

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| authority = [[Shōnen Matsumura|Matsumura]], 1917
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'''''Semia''''' (from {{langx|ja|蝉|semi|lit=cicada}})<ref>{{cite journal|last=Matsumura|first=S.|year=1917|title=A list of the Japanese and Formosan Cicadidae, with description of new species and genera|journal=Transactions of the Sapporo Natural History Society|volume=6|pages=186–212}}</ref> is a [[genus]] of Asian [[cicada]]s in the [[Tribe (biology)|tribe]] [[Cicadini]], erected by Matsumura in 1917.

==Species==
The following are included by the [[Global Biodiversity Information Facility]]:<ref name = GBIF>[https://www.gbif.org/species/4778311 Global Biodiversity Information Facility: ''Semia'' Matsumura, 1917 (retrieved 17 March 2022)]</ref><ref name=Biolib>[https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1136777/ BioLib.cz]: ''Semia'' Matsumura, 1916 (retrieved 17 March 2022)]</ref>
# ''[[Semia albusequi]]'' <small>Emery, Lee & Pham, 2017</small><ref name = EL&P>Emery D, Lee YJ, Pham H-T (2017) Descriptions of four new species of Semia Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Psithyristriini) from Vietnam, with a key to the species of Semia. ''Zootaxa'' 4216(1): 153–166.</ref>
# ''[[Semia brevidilata]]'' <small>Yang & Wei, 2014</small>
# ''[[Semia gialaiensis]]'' <small>Pham & Constant, 2013</small><ref>Pham HT, Constant J (2013) A new species of the cicada genus Semia Matsumura, 1917 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from Vietnam, with a key to the species of the genus. ''Zootaxa'' 3709(5): 494–500.</ref>
# ''[[Semia hainanensis]]'' <small>Yang & Wei, 2013</small>
# ''[[Semia klapperichi]]'' <small>Jacobi, 1944</small>
# ''[[Semia lachna]]'' <small>(Lei & Chou, 1997)</small>
# ''[[Semia magna]]'' <small>Emery, Lee & Pham, 2017</small>
# ''[[Semia majuscula]]'' <small>(Distant, 1917)</small>
# ''[[Semia pallida]]'' <small>Emery, Lee & Pham, 2017</small>
# ''[[Semia spinosa]]'' <small>Pham, Hayashi & Yang, 2012</small> - Vietnam<ref>Hong-Thai Pham, Masami Hayashi, Jeng-Tze Yang (2012) First record of the cicada genus Semia Matsumura (Hemiptera, Cicadidae) from Vietnam, with the description of one new species and a key to species. ''Zookeys'' (174): 31–40.</ref>
# ''[[Semia spiritus]]'' <small>Emery, Lee & Pham, 2017</small>
# ''[[Semia tibetensis]]'' <small>Yang & Wei, 2014</small>
# ''[[Semia watanabei]]'' <small>(Matsumura, 1907)</small> - '''type species''' (as ''[[Leptopsaltria]] watanabei'' <small>Matsumura, 1907</small>)<ref name = EL&P/>

== References ==
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[[Category:Cicadidae genera]]
[[Category:Cicadini]]
[[Category:Hemiptera of Asia]]
[[Category:Cicadas of Indochina]]