Chlorocystini Explained

Chlorocystini is a tribe of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. There are at least 20 genera and 170 described species in Chlorocystini.

Members of Chlorocystini are found primarily in southeast Asia, Australasia, and the western Pacific. Isolated genera occur in Africa, South America, the Mascarene Islands, and Mauritius.

Genera

These 25 genera belong to the tribe Chlorocystini:

• Aedeastria Boer, 1990

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• Akamba Distant, 1905

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• Baeturia Stål, 1866

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• Cephalalna Boulard, 2006

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• Chlorocysta Westwood, 1851

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• Conibosa Distant, 1905

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• Cystopsaltria Goding & Froggatt, 1904

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• Cystosoma Westwood, 1842

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• Decebalus Distant, 1920

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• Dinarobia Mamet, 1957

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• Durangona Distant, 1911

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• Euthemopsaltria Moulds, 2014

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• Fractuosella Boulard, 1979

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• Glaucopsaltria Goding & Froggatt, 1904

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• Guineapsaltria Boer, 1993

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• Gymnotympana Stål, 1861

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• Kumanga Distant, 1905

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• Mirabilopsaltria Boer, 1996

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• Muda Distant, 1897

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• Musoda Karsch, 1890

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• Owra Ashton, 1912

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• Papuapsaltria Boer, 1995

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• Scottotympana Boer, 1991

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• Thaumastopsaltria Kirkaldy, 1900

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• Venustria Goding & Froggatt, 1904

^{c g}Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2nd. 0-8493-0212-9.
• Web site: 2018-07-03. Bantock . T.. Botting . J.. 2013. British Bugs, an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera.
• Majka . C.. 2009. Thomas L. Casey and Rhode Island. ZooKeys. 22. 267–283. 10.3897/zookeys.22.93. free. 2009ZooK...22..267M.
• Moulds . M.S.. 2005. An Appraisal of the Higher Classification of Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea) with Special Reference to the Australian Fauna. Records of the Australian Museum. 57. 3. 375–446. 0067-1975 . 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1447. free.
• Moulds . M.S.. 2018. Cicada fossils (Cicadoidea: Tettigarctidae and Cicadidae) with a review of the named fossilised Cicadidae. Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 4438. 3. 443–470. 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.2. free . 30313130.
• Sanborn . Allen F.. 2010. The cicadas of Colombia including new records and the description of a new species (Hemiptera: Cicadidae). Journal of Natural History. 44. 25–26. 1577–1607. 1464-5262 . 10.1080/00222931003760046. 2010JNatH..44.1577S.
• Book: 2018-07-03. Sanborn . Allen. 2013. Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Academic Press. 1. 9780124166479.
• Sanborn . A.F.. Phillips . P.K.. 2013. Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico. Diversity. 5. 2. 166–239 . 10.3390/d5020166. free.
• Sanborn . Allen F.. Phillips . Polly K.. Gillis . Philip. 2008. The Cicadas of Florida (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae). Zootaxa. 1916. 1–43. 1175-5334.
• Van Duzee . E.P.. 1915. A preliminary review of the West coast Cicadidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 23. 1. 21–44.

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