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Cicadidae Latreille 1802

Description

Family Cicadidae Latreille, 1802

REMARKS. All extant cicadas except for the two Australian hairy cicadas of the genus Tettigarcta White, 1845 are members of the family Cicadidae. Species of Cicadidae are distinguished by the pronotum being smaller than the mesonotum, the presence of a distinctive cruciform elevation, fore wing anal veins 2 and 3 are fused, males generally possess timbal organs and an abdominal resonating chamber, tympana present in both sexes, male sternite VII is shielded ventrally by the genitalia, and the male pygofer has basal lobes (Moulds 2005).

Notes

Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F., 2019, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Bolivia including the descriptions of fifteen new species, the resurrection of one genus and two species, seven new combinations, six new synonymies, and twenty-eight new records, pp. 1-104 in Zootaxa 4655 (1) on page 7, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4655.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3365845

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Biodiversity

Family
Cicadidae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Latreille
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Cicadidae Latreille, 1802 sec. Sanborn, 2019

References

  • Latreille, P. A. (1802) Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere des crustaces et des insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite a l'histoire naturelle generale et particuliere, composee par Leclerc de Buffon, et redigee par C. S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs societes savantes. Familles naturelles des genres. Tome Troisieme. F. Dufast, Paris, i-xii, 13 - 467 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 1576 4
  • White, A. (1845) Appendix (D.) Description and figures of four new species of Australian insects. In: Eyre, E. J. (Ed.), Journals of expeditions of discovery into Central Australia and overland from Adelaide to King George Sound, in the years 1840 - 1; sent by the colonists of South Australia, with the sanction and support of the government: including an account of the manners and customs of the Aborigines and the state of their relations with Europeans. T. and W. Boone, London, pp. 432 - 434., plate 4.
  • Moulds, M. S. (2005) An appraisal of the higher classification of cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea) with special reference to the Australian fauna. Records of the Australian Museum, 57, 375 - 446. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0067 - 1975.57.2005.144 7