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Checklist for Family Cicadidae Westwood, 1840 (Cicada)
and region Melanesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
591
9292
32656
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
588
9284
32647
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
562
9130
32273
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
125
1401
3639
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
100
1253
3261
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Auchenorrhyncha
Linnaeus, 1758
Cicadas and Leafhoppers, Hoppers
23
557
2001
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cicadomorpha
Evans, 1946
7
330
1260
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cicadoidea
Westwood, 1851
Cicadas, Leafhoppers and Treehoppers
1
54
270
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCicadidae
Westwood, 1840
Cicada, Cicadas, True cicadas, Typical Cicadas
54
270
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Melanesia
54 Genera with 270 Species
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Abricta Stål, 1866
0SpeciesTaxom
Aceropyga Duffels, 188216SpeciesTaxom
Aedeastria de Boer, 19937SpeciesTaxom
Aleeta Moulds, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Arenopsaltria Ashton, 1850Sandgrinders1SpeciesTaxom
Arfaka Distant, 18632SpeciesTaxom
Arunta Distant, 18312SpeciesTaxom
Auta Distant, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Baeturia Stal, 199458SpeciesTaxom
Bispinalta Delorme, 20171SpeciesTaxom
Caledopsalta Delorme, 19972SpeciesTaxom
Cosmopsaltria Stal, 199123SpeciesTaxom
Cyclochila Amyot & Serv..., 18051SpeciesTaxom
Diceroprocta Stål, 1850Scrub Cicadas3SpeciesTaxom
Diceropyga Stål, 197722SpeciesTaxom
Diemeniana Distant, 18031SpeciesTaxom
Fijipsalta Duffels, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Graptopsaltria Stål, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Guineapsaltria Boer, 19606SpeciesTaxom
Gymnotympana Stål, 199516SpeciesTaxom
Henicopsaltria Stål, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Heteropsaltria Jacobi, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Inflatopyga Duffels, 19976SpeciesTaxom
Kanakia Distant, 18926SpeciesTaxom
Lembeja Distant, 19093SpeciesTaxom
Lyristes Horváth, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Macrotristria Stål, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Melanesiana Delorme, 20171SpeciesTaxom
Mirabilopsaltria de Boer, 18976SpeciesTaxom
Moana Myers, 19774SpeciesTaxom
Mouia Distant, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Myersalna Boulard, 19202SpeciesTaxom
Nggeliana Boulard, 19793SpeciesTaxom
Nigripsaltria de Boer, 19993SpeciesTaxom
Okanagana Distant, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Palapsalta Moulds, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Panialna Delorme, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Papuapsaltria de Boer, 199520SpeciesTaxom
Paulaudalna Delorme, 20172SpeciesTaxom
Platypleura Amyot & Serv..., 19911SpeciesTaxom
Poviliana Boulard, 19973SpeciesTaxom
Pseudokanakia Delorme, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Purana Distant, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Raiateana Boulard, 19882SpeciesTaxom
Rhadinopyga Duffels, 18703SpeciesTaxom
Rouxalna Boulard, 20181SpeciesTaxom
Scottotympana de Boer, 19913SpeciesTaxom
Tamasa Distant, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Taurella Moulds, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Thaumastopsaltria Kirkaldy, 19927SpeciesTaxom
Toxopeusella Schmidt, 19992SpeciesTaxom
Tryella Moulds, 2003Bullets2SpeciesTaxom
Ueana Distant, 199323SpeciesTaxom
Vastarena Delorme, 2016
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Melanesia
270 Species and 16 Subspecies
Aceropyga acuta Duffels, 1988
Aceropyga corynetus Duffels, 1988
Aceropyga corynetus corynetus Duffels, 1977
Aceropyga corynetus monacantha Duffels, 1988
Aceropyga corynetus ungulata Duffels, 1988
Aceropyga distans distans Walker, 1858
Aceropyga distans lineifera Walker, 1858
Aceropyga distans taveuniensis Duffels, 1977
Aceropyga egmondae Duffels, 1988
Aceropyga huireka Duffels, 1988
Aceropyga macracantha Duffels, 1988
Aceropyga philorites Duffels, 1988
Aceropyga poecilochlora Walker, 1858
Aceropyga pterophon Duffels, 1988
Aceropyga stuarti pallens Duffels, 1977
Aceropyga stuarti stuarti Distant, 1882
Aedeastria bullata Boer, 1993
Aedeastria cobrops de Boer, 1990
Aedeastria digitata Blöte, 1960
Aedeastria dilobata Boer, 1993
Aedeastria kaiensis Boer, 1993
Aedeastria sepia de Boer, 1990
Aedeastria waigeuensis de Boer, 1993
Aleeta curvicosta Germar, 1834Floury baker
Arenopsaltria fullo Walker, 1850Sandgrinder
Arfaka fulva Walker, 1870
Arfaka hariola Stål, 1863Unicorn caterpillar
Arunta interclusa Walker, 1858Mangrove Cicada
Arunta perulata Guérin-Ménev..., 1831Floury baker
Auta insignis Distant, 1897
Baeturia arabuensis Blöte, 1960
Baeturia bemmeleni Boer, 1994
Baeturia bicolorata (Distant, 1892)⇒ Baeturia bloetei Boer, 1989
Baeturia bilebanarai Boer, 1989
Baeturia bipunctata Blöte, 1960
Baeturia biroi Boer, 1994
Baeturia bismarkensis Boer, 1989
Baeturia bloetei Boer, 1989
Baeturia boulardi Boer, 1989
Baeturia brandti Boer, 1989
Baeturia brongersmai Blöte, 1960
Baeturia colossea Boer, 1994
Baeturia conviva Stål, 1861
Baeturia daviesi Boer, 1994
Baeturia edauberti Boulard, 1979
Baeturia exhausta (Guérin-Ménev..., 1831)⇒ Baeturia maddisoni Duffels, 1988
Baeturia fortuini Boer, 1994
Baeturia furcillata Boer, 1992
Baeturia galeata Boer, 2000
Baeturia gibberosa Boer, 1994
Baeturia gressitti Boer, 1989
Baeturia guttulipennis Blöte, 1960
Baeturia hamiltoni de Boer, 1994
Baeturia hardyi de Boer, 1986
Baeturia hartonoi Boer, 1994
Baeturia inconstans Boer, 1994
Baeturia intermedia Boer, 1982
Baeturia karkarensis de Boer, 1992
Baeturia laminifer Blöte, 1960
Baeturia lorentzi Boer, 1992
Baeturia loriae Distant, 1897
Baeturia maai Boer, 1994
Baeturia mamillata Blöte, 1960
Baeturia manusensis Boer, 1989
Baeturia marmorata Blöte, 1960
Baeturia mendanai Boer, 1989
Baeturia nasuta Blöte, 1960
Baeturia papuensis Boer, 1989
Baeturia parva Blöte, 1960
Baeturia pigrami Boer, 1994
Baeturia polhemi Boer, 2000
Baeturia quadrifida Walker, 1868
Baeturia retracta Boer, 1994
Baeturia roonensis Boer, 1994
Baeturia rossi Boer, 1994
Baeturia rotumae Duffels, 1988
Baeturia rufula Blöte, 1960
Baeturia schulzi Schmidt, 1926
Baeturia sedlacekorum Boer, 1989
Baeturia silveri Boer, 1994
Baeturia splendida Boer, 1994
Baeturia turgida Boer, 1992
Baeturia vanderhammeni Blöte, 1960
Baeturia varicolor (Distant, 1907)⇒ Gymnotympana varicolor Distant, 1907
Baeturia versicolor Boer, 1994
Baeturia viridis Blöte, 1960
Baeturia wauensis Boer, 1994
Baeturia wegeneri Boer, 1994
Bispinalta caledonica Delorme, 2017
Caledopsalta johanae Boulard, 1993
Caledopsalta judithae Boulard, 1997
Cosmopsaltria aurata Duffels, 1983
Cosmopsaltria bloetei Duffels, 1965
Cosmopsaltria capitata Distant, 1888
Cosmopsaltria delfae Duffels, 1983
Cosmopsaltria doryca Boisduval, 1835
Cosmopsaltria emarginata Duffels, 1969
Cosmopsaltria gestroei Distant, 1905
Cosmopsaltria gigantea gigantea Distant, 1897
Cosmopsaltria gigantea occidentalis Duffels, 1983
Cosmopsaltria gracilis Duffels, 1983
Cosmopsaltria huonensis Duffels, 1983
Cosmopsaltria kaiensis Duffels, 1988
Cosmopsaltria loriae Distant, 1897
Cosmopsaltria meeki Distant, 1906
Cosmopsaltria mimica Distant, 1897
Cosmopsaltria papuensis Duffels, 1978
Cosmopsaltria personata Duffels, 1983
Cosmopsaltria retrorsa Duffels, 1983
Cosmopsaltria satyrus Dudek & Rozk..., 1970
Cosmopsaltria signata Duffels, 1983
Cosmopsaltria toxopeusi Duffels, 1983
Cosmopsaltria vitiensis Distant, 1906
Cosmopsaltria waine Duffels, 1991
Cyclochila australasiae Donovan, 1805Blue Moon
Diceroprocta biconica Walker, 1850The Key´s Cicada
Diceroprocta bonhotei Distant, 1901
Diceroprocta viridifascia Walker, 1850Salt Marsh Cicada
Diceropyga auriculata Duffels, 1977
Diceropyga aurita Duffels, 1977
Diceropyga bicornis Duffels, 1977
Diceropyga bihamata Duffels, 1977
Diceropyga bougainvillensis Duffels, 1977
Diceropyga didyma Boisduval, 1835
Diceropyga gravesteini Duffels, 1977
Diceropyga guadalcanalensis Duffels, 1977
Diceropyga junctivitta Walker, 1870
Diceropyga major Duffels, 1977
Diceropyga malaitensis Duffels, 1977
Diceropyga noonadani Duffels, 1977
Diceropyga novaebritannicae Duffels, 1977
Diceropyga novaeguinae Distant, 1912
Diceropyga obliterans Duffels, 1977
Diceropyga obtecta (Fabricius, 1803)⇒ Diceropyga junctivitta Walker, 1870
Diceropyga rennellensis Duffels, 1977
Diceropyga subapicalis Walker, 1868Australian Dicer
Diceropyga subjuga Duffels, 1977
Diceropyga tortifer Duffels, 1977
Diceropyga woodlarkensis inexpectata Duffels, 1977
Diceropyga woodlarkensis woodlarkensis Duffels, 1977
Diemeniana cincta Fabricius, 1803Tasman Twanger
Fijipsalta tympanistria Kirkaldy, 1907
Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata Motschulsky, 1866Large brown cicada
Guineapsaltria flava Goding & Fro..., 1904Green Fairy
Guineapsaltria pallida Blöte, 1960
Guineapsaltria pallidula Boer, 1993
Guineapsaltria pennyi Boer, 1993
Guineapsaltria stylata Blöte, 1960
Guineapsaltria viridula Blöte, 1960
Gymnotympana dahli Kuhlgatz, 1905
Gymnotympana hirsuta Boer, 1995
Gymnotympana langeraki de Boer, 1995
Gymnotympana membrana Boer, 1995
Gymnotympana minoramembrana de Boer, 1995
Gymnotympana montana de Boer, 1995
Gymnotympana nigravirgula Boer, 1995
Gymnotympana olivacea Distant, 1905
Gymnotympana parvula Boer, 1995
Gymnotympana phyloglycera Boer, 1995
Gymnotympana rubricata Distant, 1897
Gymnotympana stenocephalis Boer, 1995
Gymnotympana strepitans Stål, 1861
Gymnotympana varicolor Distant, 1907Port Phillips pipefish
Gymnotympana verlaani Boer, 1995
Gymnotympana viridis Boer, 1995
Henicopsaltria eydouxii Guérin-Ménev..., 1838Razor Grinder
Heteropsaltria aliena Jacobi, 1902
Inflatopyga boulardi Duffels, 1997
Inflatopyga ewarti Duffels, 1997
Inflatopyga langeraki Duffels, 1997
Inflatopyga mouldsi Duffels, 1997
Inflatopyga verlaani Duffels, 1997
Inflatopyga webbi Duffels, 1997
Kanakia fuscocosta Delorme, 2016
Kanakia gigas Boulard, 1988
Kanakia paniensis Delorme, 2016
Kanakia rana Delorme, 2016
Kanakia salesnii Delorme, 2016
Kanakia typica Distant, 1892
Lembeja fatiloqua Stål, 1870
Lembeja papuensis Distant, 1897
Lembeja robusta Distant, 1909
Lyristes cristobalensis Boulard, 1990
Macrotristria intersecta (Walker, 1850)⇒ Physeema convergens Walker, 1850
Melanesiana kataouii Delorme, 2017
Mirabilopsaltria globulata Boer, 1996
Mirabilopsaltria humilis Blöte, 1960
Mirabilopsaltria inconspicua Boer, 1996
Mirabilopsaltria inflata Boer, 1996
Mirabilopsaltria toxopeusi Blöte, 1960
Mirabilopsaltria viridicata Distant, 1897
Moana aluana Duffels, 1977
Moana aluana aluana Distant, 1905
Moana aluana minima Duffels, 1977
Moana aluana torquata Duffels, 1977
Mouia variabilis Distant, 1920
Myersalna depicta Distant, 1920
Myersalna dumbeana Distant, 1920
Nggeliana cristobalensis Boulard, 1990
Nggeliana leveri Boulard, 1979
Nggeliana typica Boulard, 1979
Nigripsaltria carinata Boer, 1999
Nigripsaltria dali Boer, 1999
Nigripsaltria mouldsi Boer, 1999
Okanagana hirsuta Davis, 1915
Okanagana vanduzeei Distant, 1914
Palapsalta eyrei Distant, 1882Yellow Tree-buzzer
Panialna parva Boulard, 1991
Papuapsaltria angulata Boer, 1995
Papuapsaltria baasi Boer, 1995
Papuapsaltria bidigitula Boer, 1995
Papuapsaltria bosaviensis Boer, 2000
Papuapsaltria brassi Boer, 1995
Papuapsaltria dioedes Boer, 1995
Papuapsaltria dolabrata Boer, 1995
Papuapsaltria goniodes Boer, 1995
Papuapsaltria lachlani Boer, 1995
Papuapsaltria nana Jacobi, 1903
Papuapsaltria novariae de Boer, 1995
Papuapsaltria phyllophora Blöte, 1960
Papuapsaltria plicata Boer, 1995
Papuapsaltria pusilla Boer, 2000
Papuapsaltria spinigera Boer, 1995
Papuapsaltria stoliodes Boer, 1995
Papuapsaltria toxopei Boer, 1995
Papuapsaltria ungula Boer, 1995
Papuapsaltria ustulata Blöte, 1960
Papuapsaltria woodlarkensis Boer, 1995
Paulaudalna amieuensis Delorme, 2017
Paulaudalna marginata Delorme, 2017
Platypleura durvillei Boulard, 1991
Poviliana dayubiikii Delorme, 2015
Poviliana montrouzieri Delorme, 2015
Poviliana vincentiensis Boulard, 1997
Pseudokanakia flavoannulata Distant, 1920
Purana carmente Walker, 1850
Raiateana knowlesi Distant, 1907Port Phillips pipefish
Raiateana kuruduadua bifasciata Duffels, 1988
Rhadinopyga epiplatys Duffels, 1985
Rhadinopyga impar Walker, 1868
Rhadinopyga recedens Walker, 1870
Rouxalna scabens Delorme, 2018
Scottotympana biardae Boer, 1991
Scottotympana huibregtsae Boer, 1991
Scottotympana sahebdivanii Boer, 1991
Tamasa tristigma Germar, 1834Brown Bunyip
Taurella viridis Ashton, 1912Emerald Fairy
Thaumastopsaltria adipata Stål, 1863Unicorn caterpillar
Thaumastopsaltria globosa Distant, 1897Slender Green Growler
Thaumastopsaltria lanceola Boer, 1992
Thaumastopsaltria pneumatica Boer, 1992
Thaumastopsaltria sarissa Boer, 1992
Thaumastopsaltria sicula Boer, 1992
Thaumastopsaltria spelunca Boer, 1992
Toxopeusella fakfakensis Boer, 1999
Toxopeusella montana Boer, 1999
Tryella burnsi Moulds, 2003Brown Bullet
Tryella lachlani Moulds, 2003Golden Black Bullet
Ueana bergerae Boulard, 1993
Ueana boudinoti Boulard, 1992
Ueana bouleti Boulard, 1993
Ueana crepitans Boulard, 1992
Ueana desserti Boulard, 1997
Ueana fungigera Boulard, 1991
Ueana harmonia Kirkaldy, 1905Oblongleaf orache
Ueana hyalinata Boulard, 1994
Ueana latreillae Boulard, 1993
Ueana letocarti Boulard, 1992
Ueana lifuana Montrouzier, 1861
Ueana lullae Boulard, 1994
Ueana maculata Distant, 1906
Ueana montaguei Distant, 1920
Ueana procera Boulard, 1994
Ueana quirosi Boulard, 1994
Ueana rosacea Distant, 1892
Ueana simonae Boulard, 1993
Ueana speciosa Boulard, 1992
Ueana stasserae Boulard, 1994
Ueana tintinnabula Boulard, 1991
Ueana tiyanni Boulard, 1992
Ueana variegata Boulard, 1993

Subnodes of Cicadidae with occurrences in Melanesia
SubfamilyCicadettinae
Buckton, 1889
33
185
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCicadinae
Latreille, 1802
Translucent cicadas
20
83
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTibicininae
Distant, 1905
Exposed-timbal cicadas, Exposed-tymbal cicadas
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom



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