AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Subfamily Cicadinae Latreille, 1802 (Translucent cicadas)
and region Western Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
528
5425
11871
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
526
5418
11860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
5315
11672
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
106
578
921
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
90
544
892
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Auchenorrhyncha
Linnaeus, 1758
Cicadas and Leafhoppers, Hoppers
26
215
374
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cicadomorpha
Evans, 1946
8
125
248
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cicadoidea
Westwood, 1851
Cicadas, Leafhoppers and Treehoppers
1
17
40
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCicadidae
Westwood, 1840
Cicada, Cicadas, True cicadas, Typical Cicadas
17
40
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCicadinae
Latreille, 1802
Translucent cicadas
5
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Western Cape
5 Genera with 14 Species
Albanycada Villet, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Azanicada Villet, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Capcicada Villet, 18342SpeciesTaxom
Platypleura Amyot & Serv..., 19879SpeciesTaxom
Pycna Amyot & Serv..., 18341SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
14 Species
Albanycada albigera Walker, 1850
Azanicada zuluensis Villet, 1987
Capcicada absimilis Distant, 1897
Capcicada decora Germar, 1834
Platypleura albigera (Walker, 1850)⇒ Albanycada albigera Walker, 1850
Platypleura capensis (Linnaeus, 1764)⇒ Platypleura hirtipennis Germar, 1834
Platypleura deusta (Thunberg, 1822)⇒ Capcicada decora Germar, 1834
Platypleura hirtipennis Germar, 1834
Platypleura nigrolinea De Geer, 1773
Platypleura plumosa Germar, 1834
Platypleura stridula (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Platypleura nigrolinea De Geer, 1773
Platypleura turneri Boulard, 1975
Platypleura zuluensis (Villet, 1987)⇒ Azanicada zuluensis Villet, 1987
Pycna semiclara Germar, 1834

Subnodes of Cicadinae with occurrences in Western Cape
TribePlatypleurini
Schmidt, 1918
5
14
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Cicadinae at itis.gov