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Checklist for Family Cicadidae Westwood, 1840 (Cicada)
and region Central America (America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
710
16634
69910
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
706
16624
69896
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
676
16402
69012
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
173
2393
8058
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
119
2072
7032
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Auchenorrhyncha
Linnaeus, 1758
Cicadas and Leafhoppers, Hoppers
27
793
2618
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cicadomorpha
Evans, 1946
11
541
2041
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cicadoidea
Westwood, 1851
Cicadas, Leafhoppers and Treehoppers
1
46
216
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCicadidae
Westwood, 1840
Cicada, Cicadas, True cicadas, Typical Cicadas
46
216
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Central America
46 Genera with 216 Species
#ABCDFGHMNOPQRSTZ
Arenopsaltria Ashton, 1850Sandgrinders1SpeciesTaxom
Beameria Davis, 19342SpeciesTaxom
Cacama Distant, 1919Cactus Dodgers11SpeciesTaxom
Calyria Stål, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Carineta Amyot and Se..., 188312SpeciesTaxom
Chinaria Davis, 19423SpeciesTaxom
Chrysolasia Moulds, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Clidophleps Van Duzee, 1926American stridulating cicadas6SpeciesTaxom
Conibosa Distant, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Cornuplura Davis, 18583SpeciesTaxom
Daza Distant, 19342SpeciesTaxom
Dazollina Sanborn, 20181SpeciesTaxom
Diceroprocta Stål, 1830Scrub Cicadas46SpeciesTaxom
Dorachosa Distant, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Dorisiana Metcalf, 20008SpeciesTaxom
Dyticodopoea Sanborn, 18643SpeciesTaxom
Fidicina Amyot & Serv..., 18504SpeciesTaxom
Fidicinoides Boulard & Ma..., 18544SpeciesTaxom
Guyalna Boulard & Ma..., 20187SpeciesTaxom
Hadoa Moulds, 1941Western annual cicadas12SpeciesTaxom
Hemisciera Amyot & Serv..., 04SpeciesTaxom
Herrera Distant, 20189SpeciesTaxom
Hewlettia Smeds, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Majeorona Distant, 19253SpeciesTaxom
Megatibicen Sanborn & Heath, 18525SpeciesTaxom
Miranha Distant, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Mura Distant, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Muraoides Sanborn, 20181SpeciesTaxom
Neocicada Kato, 18817SpeciesTaxom
Neotibicen Hill & Moulds, 1758Annual cicadas4SpeciesTaxom
Odopoea Stål, 1861
0SpeciesTaxom
Okanagana Distant, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Okanagodes Davis, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Ollanta Distant, 18812SpeciesTaxom
Pacarina Distant, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Platypedia Uhler, 1888Wing-tapping cicadas3SpeciesTaxom
Proarna Stål, 186410SpeciesTaxom
Procollina Metcalf, 201820SpeciesTaxom
Pygmaeodopoea Sanborn, 20071SpeciesTaxom
Quesada Distant, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Rhaeboepelis Ruschel & Sa..., 20211SpeciesTaxom
Selymbria Stål, 18346SpeciesTaxom
Taphura Stål, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Tettigades Amyot and Se..., 18811SpeciesTaxom
Tibicinoides Distant, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Zammara Amyot & Serv..., 18037SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central America
216 Species and 12 Subspecies
Arenopsaltria fullo Walker, 1850Sandgrinder
Beameria venosa Uhler, 1888
Beameria wheeleri Davis, 1934
Cacama californica Davis, 1919
Cacama carbonaria Davis, 1919
Cacama crepitans Van Duzee, 1914
Cacama dissimilis (Distant, 1881)⇒ Cacama moorei Sanborn & Heath, 2011
Cacama furcata Davis, 1919
Cacama longirostris Distant, 1881
Cacama maura Distant, 1881
Cacama moorei Sanborn & Heath, 2011Moore´s Cactus Dodger
Cacama pygmaea Sanborn, 2011
Cacama valvata Uhler, 1888Cactus dodger
Cacama variegata Davis, 1919Variegated Cactus Dodger
Calyria cuna (Walker, 1850)⇒ Calyria telifera Walker, 1858
Calyria telifera Walker, 1858
Carineta aestiva Distant, 1883
Carineta cearana Distant, 1906
Carineta cinara Distant, 1883
Carineta diardi Guérin-Ménev..., 1829
Carineta fasciculata (Germar, 1821)⇒ Carineta maculosa Torres, 1948
Carineta indecora Walker, 1858
Carineta maculosa Torres, 1948
Carineta postica Walker, 1858Desert milkweed
Carineta trivittata Walker, 1858Desert milkweed
Carineta ventrilloni Boulard, 1986
Carineta verna Distant, 1883
Carineta viridicata (Distant, 1883)⇒ Carineta postica Walker, 1858
Chinaria mexicana Davis, 1934
Chinaria pueblaensis Sanborn, 2007
Chinaria similis Davis, 1942
Chrysolasia guatemalena Distant, 1883
Clidophleps astigma Davis, 1917
Clidophleps distanti Van Duzee, 1914
Clidophleps distanti distanti Van Duzee, 1914
Clidophleps distanti truncata Van Duzee, 1914
Clidophleps tenuis Davis, 1927
Clidophleps wrighti Davis, 1926
Conibosa megalopercula Sanborn, 2018
Conibosa occidentis (Walker, 1858)⇒ Conibosa virginea Stål, 1864
Cornuplura curvispinosa Davis, 1936
Cornuplura nigroalbata Davis, 1936
Cornuplura rudis Walker, 1858
Daza montezuma Walker, 1850
Daza nayaritensis Davis, 1934
Dazollina petilunca Sanborn, 2018
Diceroprocta alacris Stål, 1864
Diceroprocta alacris alacris Stål, 1864
Diceroprocta alacris campechensis Davis, 1938
Diceroprocta albomaculata Davis, 1928
Diceroprocta apache Davis, 1921Citrus Cicada
Diceroprocta arizona Davis, 1916
Diceroprocta aurantiaca (Davis, 1938)⇒ Diceroprocta delicata Osborn, 1906
Diceroprocta azteca Kirkaldy, 1909
Diceroprocta bakeri Distant, 1911
Diceroprocta belizensis (Distant, 1910)⇒ Ollanta modesta Distant, 1881
Diceroprocta bibbyi Davis, 1928
Diceroprocta bicolora Davis, 1935
Diceroprocta bicosta Walker, 1850
Diceroprocta bimaculata Sanborn, 2010
Diceroprocta bulgara Distant, 1906
Diceroprocta cinctifera (Uhler, 1892)⇒ Diceroprocta apache Davis, 1921
Diceroprocta cinctifera cinctifera Uhler, 1892
Diceroprocta cinctifera viridicosta Davis, 1930
Diceroprocta crucifera Walker, 1850
Diceroprocta delicata Osborn, 1906
Diceroprocta digueti Distant, 1906
Diceroprocta distanti Metcalf, 1963
Diceroprocta eugraphica Davis, 1916
Diceroprocta fraterna Davis, 1935
Diceroprocta heathi Sanborn, 2010
Diceroprocta knighti Davis, 1917
Diceroprocta lata (Davis, 1941)⇒ Diceroprocta texana Davis, 1916
Diceroprocta lucida Davis, 1934
Diceroprocta marevagans Davis, 1928
Diceroprocta nigriventris Walker, 1858
Diceroprocta oaxacaensis Sanborn, 2007
Diceroprocta oculata Davis, 1935
Diceroprocta oleacea Distant, 1891
Diceroprocta operculabrunnea Davis, 1934
Diceroprocta ornea Walker, 1850
Diceroprocta pronotolinea Sanborn, 2007
Diceroprocta psophis Walker, 1850
Diceroprocta pusilla Davis, 1942
Diceroprocta ruatana Distant, 1891
Diceroprocta semicincta Davis, 1925
Diceroprocta swalei Distant, 1904
Diceroprocta swalei swalei Distant, 1904
Diceroprocta tepicana Davis, 1938
Diceroprocta texana Davis, 1916
Diceroprocta virgulata Distant, 1904
Diceroprocta vitripennis Say, 1830Green Winged Cicada
Dorachosa explicata Distant, 1892
Dorisiana amoena Distant, 1899
Dorisiana cachla Distant, 1899
Dorisiana compostela Davis, 1934
Dorisiana fumea Distant, 1883
Dorisiana guayabana Sanborn, Moo..., 2008
Dorisiana metcalfi Sanborn & Heath, 2014
Dorisiana semilata (Walker, 1850)⇒ Dorisiana viridis Olivier, 1790
Dorisiana sutori Sueur, 2000
Dyticodopoea azteca Distant, 1881
Dyticodopoea diriangani Distant, 1881
Dyticodopoea signoreti Stål, 1864
Fidicina ethelae Goding, 1925
Fidicina fullo (Walker, 1850)⇒ Arenopsaltria fullo Walker, 1850
Fidicina mannifera (Fabricius, 1803)⇒ Fidicina torresi Boulard and ..., 1996
Fidicina rosacordis Walker, 1850
Fidicinoides determinata Walker, 1858
Fidicinoides picea (Walker, 1850)⇒ Fidicinoides determinata Walker, 1858
Fidicinoides pronoe Walker, 1850
Fidicinoides sericans Stål, 1854
Guyalna bicolor Olivier, 1790
Guyalna bogotana Distant, 1892
Guyalna coffea Sanborn, Moo..., 2008
Guyalna fumea Distant, 1883
Guyalna panamensis Davis, 1939
Guyalna variegata Sanborn, 2005
Guyalna woldai Sanborn, 2018
Hadoa chihuahuaensis Sanborn, 2007
Hadoa chiricahua Davis, W.T., 1923
Hadoa chisosensis Davis, W.T., 1934
Hadoa distanti Metcalf, 1963
Hadoa fusca Davis, W.T., 1934
Hadoa hidalgoensis Davis, W.T., 1941
Hadoa minor Davis, W.T., 1934
Hadoa montezuma Distant, 1881
Hadoa parallela Davis, W.T., 1923
Hadoa paralleloides Davis, W.T., 1934
Hadoa robusta Distant, 1881
Hadoa sugdeni Davis, W.T., 1941
Hemisciera lugubrina
Hemisciera maculipennis Laporte, 1832
Hemisciera nigratorquata
Hemisciera sigillata
Herrera ancilla Stål, 1864
Herrera barrocoloradoensis Sanborn, 2020
Herrera coyamensis Sanborn, 2007
Herrera laticapitata Davis, 1938
Herrera lugubrina Stål, 1864
Herrera lugubrina compostelensis Davis, 1938
Herrera lugubrina lugubrina Stål, 1864
Herrera nigratorquata Sanborn, 2018
Herrera sigillata Sanborn, 2018
Hewlettia nigroviridis Davis, 1921
Majeorona aper Walker, 1850
Majeorona bovilla Distant, 1905
Majeorona truncata Goding, 1925
Megatibicen cultriformis Davis, W.T., 1915Grand western flood plain cicada
Megatibicen grossus Fabricius, 1775
Megatibicen pronotalis Davis, W.T., 1938Walker´s cicada
Megatibicen pronotalis walkeri Metcalf, 1955
Megatibicen resh Haldeman, 1852Western dusk singing cicada
Miranha imbellis Walker, 1858
Mura elegantula Distant, 1905
Muraoides costaricensis Sanborn, 2018
Neocicada australamexicana Sanborn & Sueur, 2005
Neocicada centramericana Sanborn, 2005
Neocicada chisos Davis, 1916Chisos Cicada
Neocicada hieroglyphica (Say, 1830)⇒ Neocicada chisos Davis, 1916
Neocicada hieroglyphica hieroglyphica Say, 1830
Neocicada mediamexicana Sanborn, 2005
Neocicada pennata Distant, 1881
Neotibicen canicularis Harris, 1841God-Day Cicada
Neotibicen linnei Smith, J.B. ..., 1907
Neotibicen tibicen Linnaeus, 1758
Neotibicen tibicen tibicen Linnaeus, 1758
Okanagana aurantiaca Davis, 1917
Okanagana triangulata Davis, 1915
Okanagodes gracilis Davis, 1919
Ollanta mexicana Distant, 1905
Ollanta modesta Distant, 1881
Pacarina puella (Davis, 1923)⇒ Pacarina shoemakeri Sanborn & Heath, 2012
Pacarina schumanni Distant, 1905
Platypedia aperta Van Duzee, 1915Bolander's yampah
Platypedia australis Davis, 1941
Platypedia minor Uhler, 1888
Proarna championi (Distant, 1881)⇒ Pacarina championi Distant, 1881
Proarna cocosensis Davis, 1935
Proarna guttulosa Walker, 1858
Proarna hilaris Germar, 1834Puerto Rican lowland cicada
Proarna insignis Distant, 1881
Proarna invaria Walker, 1850
Proarna olivieri Metcalf, 1963
Proarna pulverea Olivier, 1790
Proarna sallaei Stål, 1864
Proarna sallei Stal, 1864
Procollina biolleyi Distant, 1903
Procollina convexa Sanborn, 2018
Procollina guatemalensis Sanborn, 2018
Procollina hondurensis Sanborn, 2018
Procollina mayaensis Sanborn, 2018
Procollina medea Stål, 1864
Procollina mesomaculata Sanborn, 2018
Procollina minima Sanborn, 2018
Procollina nicaraguaensis Sanborn, 2018
Procollina nigrapilosa Sanborn, 2018
Procollina nuevoleonensis Sanborn, 2018
Procollina obesa Distant, 1906
Procollina parva Sanborn, 2018
Procollina quadrimaculata Sanborn, 2018
Procollina queretaroensis Sanborn, 2007
Procollina stigmosa Sanborn, 2018
Procollina tamaulipasensis Sanborn, 2018
Procollina ulnamaculata Sanborn, 2018
Procollina ustulata Sanborn, 2018
Procollina webbi Sanborn, 2018
Pygmaeodopoea minuta Sanborn, 2007
Quesada gigas Olivier, 1790Giant Cicada
Rhaeboepelis takiyaae Ruschel & Sa..., 2021
Selymbria ahyetios Ramos and Wolda, 1985
Selymbria cinctifera Sanborn, 2019
Selymbria guatemalensis Sanborn, 2019
Selymbria pluvialis Ramos and Wolda, 1985
Selymbria puntarenasensis Sanborn, 2019
Selymbria stigmatica (Germar, 1834)⇒ Selymbria pluvialis Ramos and Wolda, 1985
Taphura cernuunca Sanborn, 2017
Taphura hastifera Walker, 1858
Tettigades mexicana Distant, 1881
Tibicinoides cupreosparsa Uhler, 1889
Tibicinoides vanduzeei Distant, 1914
Zammara boulardi Goemans, 2016
Zammara calochroma Walker, 1858Desert milkweed
Zammara nigriplaga Walker, 1858Desert milkweed
Zammara olivacea Sanborn, 2004
Zammara smaragdina Walker, 1850Purple milkweed
Zammara smaragdula Walker, 1858Desert milkweed
Zammara tympanum Fabricius, 1803

Subnodes of Cicadidae with occurrences in Central America
SubfamilyCicadettinae
Buckton, 1889
8
33
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCicadinae
Latreille, 1802
Translucent cicadas
31
169
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTibicininae
Distant, 1905
Exposed-timbal cicadas, Exposed-tymbal cicadas
7
14
Genera
Species

Taxom



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Cicadidae at itis.gov