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Superfamily Cicadoidea - Cicadas

Tibicen - Megatibicen resh - male Tibicen lyricen - Neotibicen lyricen - male Id help needed - Cicada. - Neotibicen linnei Cicada - Neotibicen tibicen Red-and-gold-backed cicada - Neotibicen lyricen Daytona Beach Cicada - Diceroprocta viridifascia Pacarina puella? - Pacarina - female Cicada - Neotibicen lyricen - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (True Hoppers)
Infraorder Cicadomorpha (Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers)
Superfamily Cicadoidea (Cicadas)
Numbers
2 extant families, one of which endemic to Australia
Identification
Characters per Folz (2001):
antennae short and aristate, arising in front of or between the eyes
tarsi 3-segmented
mesocoxae short and contiguous
forewing with no Y-vein in anal area