The cicada genus Selymbria Stål, 1861 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Tibicininae: Selymbrini): redescription including ten new species and a key to the genus
Author
Sanborn, Allen F.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-06-11
4614
3
401
448
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4614.3.1
f31ce7c7-fd74-4fcd-a871-1c9686763142
1175-5326
3995202
B6053570-C067-45A8-9124-AA703777A045
Family
Cicadidae
Latreille, 1802
REMARKS. All extant species of cicadas are members of the family
Cicadidae
except for the two Australian species of
Tettigarcta
White, 1845
.
Cicadidae
are distinguished from the
Tettigarctidae
by the pronotum that is smaller than the mesonotum and does not expand over the dorsal mesonotum, the presence of a distinctive cruciform elevation, fore wing radius posterior arising from node, fore wing anal veins 2 and 3 are fused, males generally possess timbal organs and an abdominal resonating chamber, both sexes possess tympana, male sternite VII shielding genitalia ventrally, and the male pygofer with basal lobes present (
Moulds 2005
).