Cicadidae

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Cicadidae
Temporal range: Paleocene–Present
Annual cicada (Cicadidae, Neotibicen sp.) (28934344001).jpg
Neotibicen
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Superfamily: Cicadoidea
Family: Cicadidae
John Obadiah Westwood, 1840
Subfamilies

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Tibicen linnei

Cicadidae is the largest family of cicadas, with more than 3,200 species worldwide. The oldest known definitive fossils are from the Paleocene, a nymph from the Cretaceous Burmese amber has been attributed to the family, but could also belong to the Tettigarctidae.[1]

Subfamilies[]

Subfamily and tribes within this family include:[2]

Subfamily Cicadettinae Buckton, 1890

Subfamily Cicadinae Latreille, 1802

Subfamily Tettigomyiinae Distant, 1905

Subfamily Tibicininae Distant, 1905

  • Tribe Chilecicadini Sanborn, 2014
  • Tribe Platypediini Kato, 1932
  • Tribe Selymbriini Moulds & Marshall, 2018
  • Tribe Tettigadini Distant, 1905
  • Tribe Tibicinini Distant, 1905

Subfamily Derotettiginae Moulds, 2019

  • Tribe Derotettigini Moulds, 2019

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ MOULDS, M. S. (2018-06-22). "Cicada fossils (Cicadoidea: Tettigarctidae and Cicadidae) with a review of the named fossilised Cicadidae". Zootaxa. 4438 (3): 443–470. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 30313130.
  2. ^ Marshall, David C.; Moulds, Max; Hill, Kathy B. R.; Price, Benjamin W.; Wade, Elizabeth J.; Owen, Christopher L.; Goemans, Geert; Marathe, Kiran; Sarkar, Vivek; Cooley, John R.; Sanborn, Allen F.; Kunte, Krushnamegh; Villet, Martin H.; Simon, Chris (2018). "A molecular phylogeny of the cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) with a review of tribe and subfamily classification". Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 4424 (1): 1–64. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4424.1.1. PMID 30313477.

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