Cicadinae

Cicadinae
Cicadinae
Cicada orni imago (Cicadini)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadinae
Diversity
12-15 tribes (but see text)

The Cicadinae are a subfamily of cicadas, containing the translucent cicadas. They are robust cicadas and many have gaudy colors, but they generally lack the butterfly-like opaque wing markings found in many species of the related Tibiceninae.

Systematics

Exuvia of Lyristes plebejus nymph (Lyristini)

This large subfamily is here divided into tribes. Other schemes exist, which usually have a coarser subdivision. Some, however, merge the Tibiceninae here whole or partly. The tribes, with some notable genera and species, are:

Burbungini

Cicadatrini (sometimes in Cicadini)

  • Cicadatra
  • Psalmocharias

Cicadini

  • Cicada
  • Euterpnosia
  • Illyria
  • Leptosemia
  • Neocicada
  • Pycna Amyot & Serville, 1843
  • Terpnosia

Cyclochilini

Dundubiini

  • Aceropyga
  • Calcagninus
  • Cosmopsaltria
  • Diceropyga
  • Dundubia
  • Macrosemia
  • Meimuna
  • Orientopsaltria
  • Platylomia
  • Tanna

Gaeanini

Jassopsaltriini

Lyristini

  • Lyristes

Moganniini

  • Mogannia

Oncotympanini (disputed)

  • Oncotympana

Platypleurini

  • Cigarras
  • Ollanta
  • Platypleura
  • Ugada

Pomponiini

Talcopsaltriini (disputed)

Tamasini

Thophini