Cicada (Calyria) Stål 1862: 22.
Type species. Cicada (Calyria) blanda Stål 1862: 22. (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Remarks. Species of Calyria possess five hind wing apical cells, ocelli well separated from base of head, and an indistinct fore wing postcostal area (Distant 1906). Additionally, the flattened ventrolateral postclypeus without an obvious apical extension and parallel lateral surfaces of the pronotum for most of its length are also diagnostic (Sanborn 2020a, e).
Distribution. Species of the genus were reported previously from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, and Venezuela (Metcalf 1963b; Maes et al. 2012; Sanborn 2013; 2014; 2018b; 2019a; 2020a, b, c, d; Sanborn & Maes 2012; Sanborn & Heath 2014). The range was recently expanded to include Ecuador (Sanborn 2020e).