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Checklist for Superfamily Cicadoidea Westwood, 1851 (Cicadas)
and region Cape of Good Hope (Cape Peninsula)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
153
532
761
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
153
532
761
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
150
529
758
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
30
58
88
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
29
57
87
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Auchenorrhyncha
Linnaeus, 1758
Cicadas and Leafhoppers, Hoppers
10
20
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cicadomorpha
Evans, 1946
6
16
19
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cicadoidea
Westwood, 1851
Cicadas, Leafhoppers and Treehoppers
1
5
7
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape of Good Hope
1 Family width 7 Species
Cicadidae Westwood, 1840Cicada7SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape of Good Hope
5 Genera with 7 Species
Paranistria Metcalf, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Platypleura Amyot & Serv..., 17582SpeciesTaxom
Psilotympana Stål, 18221SpeciesTaxom
Quintilia Stal, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Taipinga Distant, 18221SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape of Good Hope
7 Species
Paranistria villosa Fabricius, 1781
Platypleura deusta (Thunberg, 1822)⇒ Capcicada decora Germar, 1834
Platypleura stridula (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Platypleura nigrolinea De Geer, 1773
Psilotympana ruficollis Thunberg, 1822Livid macron
Quintilia carinata Thunberg, 1822Livid macron
Quintilia catena Fabricius, 1775
Taipinga undulata Thunberg, 1822Livid macron

Subnodes of Cicadoidea with occurrences in Cape of Good Hope
FamilyCicadidae
Westwood, 1840
Cicada, Cicadas, True cicadas, Typical Cicadas
5
7
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Cicadoidea at artfakta.se
Cicadoidea at itis.gov