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Checklist for Superfamily Cicadoidea Westwood, 1851 (Cicadas)
and region South India (India)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
379
3720
8175
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
378
3718
8173
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
355
3609
7939
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
81
648
1316
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
73
541
1161
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Auchenorrhyncha
Linnaeus, 1758
Cicadas and Leafhoppers, Hoppers
23
247
537
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cicadomorpha
Evans, 1946
7
119
322
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cicadoidea
Westwood, 1851
Cicadas, Leafhoppers and Treehoppers
1
13
21
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for South India
1 Family width 21 Species
Cicadidae Westwood, 1840Cicada21SpeciesTaxom


Genera for South India
13 Genera with 21 Species
Calcagninus Distant, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Changa Lee, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Cryptotympana Stål, 18872SpeciesTaxom
Huechys Amyot & Serv..., 17732SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsaltria Stål, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Paectira Karsch, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Platylomia Stål, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Platypleura Amyot & Serv..., 20174SpeciesTaxom
Pomponia Stål, 18883SpeciesTaxom
Purana Distant, 18502SpeciesTaxom
Quesada Distant, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Scieroptera Stål, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Stagira Stål, 18501SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South India
21 Species
Calcagninus picturatus Distant, 1888
Changa sita Distant, 1881
Cryptotympana corvus Walker, 1850
Cryptotympana insularis Distant, 1887
Huechys incarnata Germar, 1834
Huechys sanguinea (De Geer, 1773)⇒ Huechys beata Distant, 1892
Leptopsaltria andamanensis Distant, 1888
Paectira hemaris Distant, 1905
Platylomia amicta Distant, 1889
Platypleura andamana Distant, 1878
Platypleura capitata Olivier, 1790
Platypleura polita Walker, 1850
Platypleura poorvachala M.Marathe, B..., 2017
Pomponia linearis (Walker, 1850)⇒ Pomponia yayeyamana Kato, 1933
Pomponia pseudolinearis Sadasivan, 2021
Pomponia solitaria Distant, 1888
Purana morrisi Distant, 1892
Purana tigrina (Walker, 1850)⇒ Purana ubina Moulton, 1923
Quesada gigas Olivier, 1790Giant Cicada
Scieroptera splendidula (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Scieroptera sumatrana Schmidt, 1918
Stagira acrida Walker, 1850

Subnodes of Cicadoidea with occurrences in South India
FamilyCicadidae
Westwood, 1840
Cicada, Cicadas, True cicadas, Typical Cicadas
13
21
Genera
Species

Taxom



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