List of cicadas of Australia
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This is a list of the cicadas found in Australia including its outlying islands and territories. The outlying islands covered include: Christmas, Cocos (Keeling), Ashmore, Torres Strait, Coral Sea, Lord Howe, Norfolk, Macquarie, and Heard/McDonald.
The taxonomy followed is from Moulds, 1990.[1] The genus Abricta has since been split.[2]
Family Tettigarctidae
Genus Tettigarcta
Family Cicadidae
Subfamily Cicadinae
Tribe Platypleurini
Subtribe Platypleuraria
Genus Oxypleura
Tribe Thopini
Genus Thopha
- Thopha colorata – golden drummer
- Thopha saccata – double drummer
- Thopha sessiliba – northern double drummer
Genus Arunta
- Arunta perulata – white drummer
- Arunta interclusa – mangrove cicada
Tribe Cyclochilini
Genus Cyclochila
- Cyclochila australasiae – greengrocer
- Cyclochila virens
Genus Arenopsaltria
Genus Henicopsaltria
Genus Anapsaltoda
Genus Neopsaltoda
Genus Psaltoda
- Psaltoda adonis Ashton, 1914
- Psaltoda antennetta Moulds, 2002
- Psaltoda aurora Distant, 1881
- Psaltoda brachypennis Moss and Moulds, 2000
- Psaltoda claripennis Ashton, 1921
- Psaltoda flavescens Distant, 1892
- Psaltoda fumipennis Ashton, 1912
- Psaltoda harrisii (Leach, 1814) – yellowbelly
- Psaltoda insularis Ashton, 1914
- Psaltoda maccallumi Moulds, 2002
- Psaltoda magnifica Moulds, 1984 – green baron
- Psaltoda moerens (Germar, 1834) – redeye
- Psaltoda mossi, Moulds, 2002
- Psaltoda pictibasis (Walker, 1858) - black Friday
- Psaltoda plaga (Walker, 1850) – black prince
Tribe Tibicenini
Genus Macrotristria
- Macrotristria bindalia
- Macrotristria douglasi
- Macrotristria nanda
- Macrotristria thophoides
- Macrotristria worora
- Macrotristria dorsalis
- Macrotristria kulungura
- Macrotristria intersecta
- Macrotristria frenchi
- Macrotristria extrema
- Macrotristria sylvara
- Macrotristria hieroglyphicalis
- Macrotristria godingi
- Macrotristria angularis – cherrynose
- Macrotristria maculicollis
- Macrotristria kabikabia
- Macrotristria doddi
- Macrotristria hillieri
- Macrotristria nigrosignata
- Macrotristria occidentalis
- Macrotristria aterrima
Tribe Dundubiini
Subtribe Cosmopsaltriaria
Genus Diceropyga
Tribe Cicadini
Genus Tamasa (genus)
Genus Illyria (genus)
Subfamily Cicadettinae[3]
Tribe Parnisini
Genus Quintilia (genus)
Genus Jassopsaltria
Genus Diemeniana
- Diemeniana euronotiana
- Diemeniana hirsuta
- Diemeniana tillyardi
- Diemeniana neboissi
- Diemeniana frenchi
- Diemeniana richesi
Genus Gudanga
Tribe Taphurini
Genus Aleeta
- Aleeta curvicosta – floury baker
Genus Tryella
- Tryella rubra
- Tryella adela
- Tryella ochra
- Tryella burnsi
- Tryella castanea
- Tryella crassa
- Tryella graminea
- Tryella infuscata
- Tryella kauma
- Tryella lachlani
- Tryella noctua
- Tryella occidens
- Tryella stalkeri
- Tryella willsi
Genus Parnkalla (genus)
Genus Marteena
Genus Burbunga
Tribe Cicadettini[3]
Genus Birrima
Genus Cicadetta
- Cicadetta aaede
- Cicadetta binotata
- Cicadetta cuensis
- Cicadetta fulva
- Cicadetta graminis
- Cicadetta hermannsburgensis
- Cicadetta incipiens
- Cicadetta infuscata
- Cicadetta issoides
- Cicadetta juncta
- Cicadetta labyrinthica
- Cicadetta lactea
- Cicadetta latorea
- Cicadetta mackinlayi
- Cicadetta multifascia
- Cicadetta nebulosa
- Cicadetta sancta
- Cicadetta singula
- Cicadetta spreta
- Cicadetta subgulosa
- Cicadetta tigris
- Cicadetta toowoombae
- Cicadetta viridis
- Cicadetta warburtoni
- Cicadetta spinosa
- Cicadetta convergens
- Cicadetta adelaida
- Cicadetta oxleyi
- Cicadetta labeculata
- Cicadetta torrida
- Cicadetta brevis
- Cicadetta hackeri
- Cicadetta tristrigata
- Cicadetta celis
- Cicadetta hunterorum
- Cicadetta landsboroughi
- Cicadetta murrayensis
- Cicadetta incepta
- Cicadetta abdominalis
- Cicadetta denisoni
- Cicadetta melete
- Cicadetta mixta
- Cicadetta arenaria
- Cicadetta puer
- Cicadetta froggatti
- Cicadetta sulcata
- Cicadetta forresti
- Cicadetta capistrata
- Cicadetta minima
- Cicadetta oldfieli
- Cicadetta apicata
- Cicadetta stradbrokensis
- Cicadetta quadricincta
- Cicadetta waterhousei
- Cicadetta crucifera
Genus Drymopsalta[3]
- Drymopsalta acrotela[3]
- Drymopsalta crepitum (Distant)[3]
- Drymopsalta daemeli (Distant)[3]
- Drymopsalta hobsoni[3]
- Drymopsalta wallumi[3]
Genus Froggattoides
Genus Kikihia
Genus Kobonga
Genus Notopsalta
Genus Pauropsalta
- Pauropsalta bellatrix
- Pauropsalta borealis
- Pauropsalta dubia
- Pauropsalta emma
- Pauropsalta endeavourensis
- Pauropsalta extensa
- Pauropsalta fuscomarginata
- Pauropsalta lineola
- Pauropsalta nodicosta
- Pauropsalta rubra
- Pauropsalta signata
- Pauropsalta stigmatica
- Pauropsalta subolivacea
- Pauropsalta mneme
- Pauropsalta extrema
- Pauropsalta melanopygia
- Pauropsalta elgneri
- Pauropsalta infrasila
- Pauropsalta encaustica
- Pauropsalta rubristrigata
- Pauropsalta circumdata
- Pauropsalta rubea
- Pauropsalta annulata
- Pauropsalta nigristriga
- Pauropsalta eyrei
- Pauropsalta basalis
Genus Urabunana
- Urabunana festiva
- Urabunana leichardti
- Urabunana longipennis
- Urabunana segmentaria
- Urabunana daemeli
- Urabunana sericeivitta
- Urabunana marshalli
- Urabunana verna
Genus Yoyetta
Tribe Prasiini
Genus Lembeja
Tribe Chlorocystini
Genus Venustria
Genus Baeturia
Genus Owra
Genus Chlorocysta
Genus Glaucopsaltria
Genus Thaumastopsaltria
Tribe Hemidictyini
Genus Cystosoma
Genus Cystopsaltria
See also
- An article in the Sydney Morning Herald describing Australian cicadas.[5]
References
- ^ Moulds, Maxwell Sydney (1990). Australian Cicadas. Kensington, NSW: New South Wales University Press. ISBN 0-86840-139-0.
- ^ Moulds, Maxwell Sydney (2003). "An appraisal of the cicadas of the genus Abricta Stål and allied genera (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadidae)" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 55: 245–304. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.55.2003.1386.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Ewart, A.; Popple, L. W. (2013). "New species of Drymopsalta Heath Cicadas (Cicadidae: Cicadettinae: Cicadettini) from Queensland and Northern Territory, Australia, with overview of genus". Zootaxa. 3620. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3620.1.1.
- ^ "Yoyetta celis". Atlas of Living Australia.
- ^ "THE CICADA". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 29 April 1933. p. 9. Retrieved 6 June 2013.