An Appraisal of the Higher Classification of Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea) with Special Reference to the Australian Fauna
Author
Moulds, MS
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Records of the Australian Museum
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https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1447
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Subtribe
Cosmopsaltriina
Kato, 1932
Cosmopsaltriaria
Kato, 1932: 145
.
Cosmopsaltriina
Duffels & Turner, 2002: 235
.
Type genus
.
Cosmopsaltria
Stål
(type species:
Cicada doryca
Boisduval
).
Included genera
.
Aceropyga
Duffels
,
Brachylobopyga
Duffels
,
Cosmopsaltria
Stål
,
Diceropyga
Stål
,
Dilobopyga
Duffels
,
Meimuna
Distant
,
Moana
J.G. Myers
,
Rhadinopyga
Duffels
(
sensu
Duffels, 1983
,
1993
;
Beuk, 2002
).
Diagnosis
. Distal shoulder distally extended into pointed, and often apically up-turned lateral lobe. Accessory spines (claspers) present. Theca straight or curved in a gentle arc and with fleshy apical appendages.
Distinguishing characters
. As for diagnosis above but the extended and apically up-turned lateral lobes of the male pygofer distal shoulder are similar in some
Burbungini
and rudimentary in
Thophini
. A straight or curved theca is also widespread within the
Cicadidae
but the fleshy apical appendages are characteristic for the
Cosmopsaltriina
.
Discussion
. The concept of the
Cosmopsaltriina
has been reviewed by
Duffels (1983
,
1986
,
1993
,
1997
) and
Beuk (2002)
. Readers are directed to these studies for detailed species accounts and their phylogenetic relationships.