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Checklist for Superfamily Cicadoidea Westwood, 1851 (Cicadas)
and region Zululand District (Kwazulu-Natal)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
281
1665
2291
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
281
1665
2291
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
264
1631
2246
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
45
147
147
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
40
135
132
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Auchenorrhyncha
Linnaeus, 1758
Cicadas and Leafhoppers, Hoppers
19
55
64
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cicadomorpha
Evans, 1946
6
24
31
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cicadoidea
Westwood, 1851
Cicadas, Leafhoppers and Treehoppers
1
7
10
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Zululand District
1 Family width 10 Species
Cicadidae Westwood, 1840Cicada10SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Zululand District
7 Genera with 10 Species
Brevisiana Boulard, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Melampsalta Kolenati, 1830Little grassland cicadas1SpeciesTaxom
Platypleura Amyot & Serv..., 18341SpeciesTaxom
Pycna Amyot & Serv..., 19051SpeciesTaxom
Quintilia Stal, 18221SpeciesTaxom
Stagira Stål, 19974SpeciesTaxom
Taipinga Distant, 18551SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Zululand District
10 Species
Brevisiana brevis (Walker, 1850)⇒ Brevisiana quartai Boulard, 1972
Melampsalta leucoptera Germar, 1830
Platypleura divisa (Germar, 1834)⇒ Platypleura longirostris Ashton, 1914
Pycna natalensis Distant, 1905
Quintilia carinata Thunberg, 1822Livid macron
Stagira acrida Walker, 1850
Stagira microcephala (Walker, 1850)⇒ Stagira cereis Stål, 1855
Stagira nkandlaensis
Stagira xenomorpha Villet, 1997Strange Redeye Cicada
Taipinga luctuosa Stål, 1855Dismal Cicada

Subnodes of Cicadoidea with occurrences in Zululand District
FamilyCicadidae
Westwood, 1840
Cicada, Cicadas, True cicadas, Typical Cicadas
7
10
Genera
Species

Taxom



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