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Checklist for Superfamily Cicadoidea Westwood, 1851 (Cicadas)
and region Makhanda (Makana Local Municipality, Sarah Baartman District)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
229
1256
1792
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
229
1256
1792
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
219
1242
1781
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
27
82
66
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
23
58
48
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Auchenorrhyncha
Linnaeus, 1758
Cicadas and Leafhoppers, Hoppers
6
17
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cicadomorpha
Evans, 1946
4
12
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cicadoidea
Westwood, 1851
Cicadas, Leafhoppers and Treehoppers
1
6
7
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Makhanda (Grahamstown)
1 Family width 7 Species
Cicadidae Westwood, 1840Cicada7SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Makhanda (Grahamstown)
6 Genera with 7 Species
Albanycada Villet, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Melampsalta Kolenati, 1850Little grassland cicadas1SpeciesTaxom
Platypleura Amyot & Serv..., 18341SpeciesTaxom
Pycna Amyot & Serv..., 18341SpeciesTaxom
Quintilia Stal, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Xosopsaltria Kirkaldy, 19551SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Makhanda (Grahamstown)
7 Species
Albanycada albigera Walker, 1850
Melampsalta cadisia Walker, 1850
Platypleura hirtipennis Germar, 1834
Pycna semiclara Germar, 1834
Quintilia carinata Thunberg, 1822Livid macron
Quintilia wealei Distant, 1892
Xosopsaltria thunbergi Metcalf, 1955

Subnodes of Cicadoidea with occurrences in Makhanda (Grahamstown)
FamilyCicadidae
Westwood, 1840
Cicada, Cicadas, True cicadas, Typical Cicadas
6
7
Genera
Species

Taxom



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