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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
287
2180
4314
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
286
2178
4312
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
271
2122
4231
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
66
392
821
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
61
338
747
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Auchenorrhyncha
Linnaeus, 1758
Cicadas and Leafhoppers, Hoppers
22
183
383
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cicadomorpha
Evans, 1946
6
87
224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cicadoidea
Westwood, 1851
Cicadas, Leafhoppers and Treehoppers
1
7
8
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Tamil Nadu
1 Family width 8 Species
Cicadidae Westwood, 1840Cicada8SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Tamil Nadu
7 Genera with 8 Species
Cryptotympana Stål, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Huechys Amyot & Serv..., 17732SpeciesTaxom
Paectira Karsch, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Platypleura Amyot & Serv..., 17901SpeciesTaxom
Pomponia Stål, 20211SpeciesTaxom
Quesada Distant, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Stagira Stål, 18501SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tamil Nadu
8 Species
Cryptotympana corvus Walker, 1850
Huechys incarnata Germar, 1834
Huechys sanguinea (De Geer, 1773)⇒ Huechys beata Distant, 1892
Paectira hemaris Distant, 1905
Platypleura capitata Olivier, 1790
Pomponia pseudolinearis Sadasivan, 2021
Quesada gigas Olivier, 1790Giant Cicada
Stagira acrida Walker, 1850

Subnodes of Cicadoidea with occurrences in Tamil Nadu
FamilyCicadidae
Westwood, 1840
Cicada, Cicadas, True cicadas, Typical Cicadas
7
8
Genera
Species

Taxom



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