Cicadinae Latreille 1802

Subfamily Cicadinae Latreille, 1802

REMARKS. The Cicadinae can be distinguished from the remaining subfamilies by the dorsal midline of the metanotum entirely concealed by the mesonotum, fore wing cubitus posterior and anal vein 1 partially fused, hind wing radius posterior and median veins fused at their bases, male opercula not S-shaped nor with deeply concave lateral margins, males generally with abdominal timbal covers, the male pygofer with developed distal shoulder often extended into a pointed lobe, pygofer upper lobes generally absent (with a few exceptions in the Cryptotympanini Handlirsch, 1925), uncus retractable and of moderate length, claspers generally absent (a few present in the Dundubiini Distant, 1905f that are spined apically), aedeagus without ventrobasal pocket, restrained before or below uncus, apical theca lacking leaf-like lateral lobes (Moulds 2005; Marshall et al. 2018).