List of cicadas of Australia

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This is a list of the cicadas found in Australia including its outlying islands and territories. The outlying islands covered include: Christmas, Cocos (Keeling), Ashmore, Torres Strait, Coral Sea, Lord Howe, Norfolk, Macquarie, and Heard/McDonald.

The taxonomy followed is from Moulds, 1990.^[1] The genus Abricta has since been split.^[2]

Family Tettigarctidae

Genus Tettigarcta

• Tettigarcta crinita
• Tettigarcta tomentosa

Family Cicadidae

Subfamily Cicadinae

Tribe Platypleurini

Subtribe Platypleuraria

Genus Oxypleura

• Oxypleura calypso

Tribe Thopini

Genus Thopha

• Thopha colorata – golden drummer
• Thopha saccata – double drummer
• Thopha sessiliba – northern double drummer

Genus Arunta

• Arunta perulata – white drummer
• Arunta interclusa – mangrove cicada

Tribe Cyclochilini

Genus Cyclochila

• Cyclochila australasiae – greengrocer
• Cyclochila virens

Genus Arenopsaltria

• Arenopsaltria fullo
• Arenopsaltria nubivena
• Arenopsaltria pygmaea
• Arenopsaltria unicolor

Genus Henicopsaltria

• Henicopsaltria eydouxii
• Henicopsaltria rufivelum
• Henicopsaltria kelsalli

Genus Anapsaltoda

• Anapsaltoda pulchra

Genus Neopsaltoda

• Neopsaltoda crassa

Genus Psaltoda

• Psaltoda adonis Ashton, 1914
• Psaltoda antennetta Moulds, 2002
• Psaltoda aurora Distant, 1881
• Psaltoda brachypennis Moss and Moulds, 2000
• Psaltoda claripennis Ashton, 1921
• Psaltoda flavescens Distant, 1892
• Psaltoda fumipennis Ashton, 1912
• Psaltoda harrisii (Leach, 1814) – yellowbelly
• Psaltoda insularis Ashton, 1914
• Psaltoda maccallumi Moulds, 2002
• Psaltoda magnifica Moulds, 1984 – green baron
• Psaltoda moerens (Germar, 1834) – redeye
• Psaltoda mossi, Moulds, 2002
• Psaltoda pictibasis (Walker, 1858) - black Friday
• Psaltoda plaga (Walker, 1850) – black prince

Tribe Tibicenini

Genus Macrotristria

• Macrotristria bindalia
• Macrotristria douglasi
• Macrotristria nanda
• Macrotristria thophoides
• Macrotristria worora
• Macrotristria dorsalis
• Macrotristria kulungura
• Macrotristria intersecta
• Macrotristria frenchi
• Macrotristria extrema
• Macrotristria sylvara
• Macrotristria hieroglyphicalis
• Macrotristria godingi
• Macrotristria angularis – cherrynose
• Macrotristria maculicollis
• Macrotristria kabikabia
• Macrotristria doddi
• Macrotristria hillieri
• Macrotristria nigrosignata
• Macrotristria occidentalis
• Macrotristria aterrima

Tribe Dundubiini

Subtribe Cosmopsaltriaria

Genus Diceropyga

• Diceropyga subapicalis

Tribe Cicadini

Genus Tamasa (genus)

• Tamasa rainbowi
• Tamasa tristigma
• Tamasa doddi

Genus Illyria (genus)

• Illyria major
• Illyria burkei
• Illyria hilli
• Illyria australensis

Subfamily Cicadettinae^[3]

Tribe Parnisini

Genus Quintilia (genus)

• Quintilia infans

Genus Jassopsaltria

• Jassopsaltria rufifacies

Genus Diemeniana

• Diemeniana euronotiana
• Diemeniana hirsuta
• Diemeniana tillyardi
• Diemeniana neboissi
• Diemeniana frenchi
• Diemeniana richesi

Genus Gudanga

• Gudanga boulayi
• Gudanga browni

Tribe Taphurini

Genus Aleeta

• Aleeta curvicosta – floury baker

Genus Tryella

• Tryella rubra
• Tryella adela
• Tryella ochra
• Tryella burnsi
• Tryella castanea
• Tryella crassa
• Tryella graminea
• Tryella infuscata
• Tryella kauma
• Tryella lachlani
• Tryella noctua
• Tryella occidens
• Tryella stalkeri
• Tryella willsi

Genus Parnkalla (genus)

• Parnkalla magna
• Parnkalla muelleri

Genus Marteena

• Marteena rubricincta

Genus Burbunga

• Burbunga albofasciata
• Burbunga inornata
• Burbunga vernosa
• Burbunga gilmorei
• Burbunga hillieri

Tribe Cicadettini^[3]

Genus Birrima

• Birrima castanea
• Birrima varians

Genus Cicadetta

• Cicadetta aaede
• Cicadetta binotata
• Cicadetta cuensis
• Cicadetta fulva
• Cicadetta graminis
• Cicadetta hermannsburgensis
• Cicadetta incipiens
• Cicadetta infuscata
• Cicadetta issoides
• Cicadetta juncta
• Cicadetta labyrinthica
• Cicadetta lactea
• Cicadetta latorea
• Cicadetta mackinlayi
• Cicadetta multifascia
• Cicadetta nebulosa
• Cicadetta sancta
• Cicadetta singula
• Cicadetta spreta
• Cicadetta subgulosa
• Cicadetta tigris
• Cicadetta toowoombae
• Cicadetta viridis
• Cicadetta warburtoni
• Cicadetta spinosa
• Cicadetta convergens
• Cicadetta adelaida
• Cicadetta oxleyi
• Cicadetta labeculata
• Cicadetta torrida
• Cicadetta brevis
• Cicadetta hackeri
• Cicadetta tristrigata
• Cicadetta celis
• Cicadetta hunterorum
• Cicadetta landsboroughi
• Cicadetta murrayensis
• Cicadetta incepta
• Cicadetta abdominalis
• Cicadetta denisoni
• Cicadetta melete
• Cicadetta mixta
• Cicadetta arenaria
• Cicadetta puer
• Cicadetta froggatti
• Cicadetta sulcata
• Cicadetta forresti
• Cicadetta capistrata
• Cicadetta minima
• Cicadetta oldfieli
• Cicadetta apicata
• Cicadetta stradbrokensis
• Cicadetta quadricincta
• Cicadetta waterhousei
• Cicadetta crucifera

Genus Drymopsalta^[3]

• Drymopsalta acrotela^[3]
• Drymopsalta crepitum (Distant)^[3]
• Drymopsalta daemeli (Distant)^[3]
• Drymopsalta hobsoni^[3]
• Drymopsalta wallumi^[3]

Genus Froggattoides

• Froggattoides typicus
• Froggattoides pallida

Genus Kikihia

• Kikihia convicta

Genus Kobonga

• Kobonga godingi
• Kobonga froggatti
• Kobonga umbrimargo

Genus Notopsalta

• Notopsalta atrata

Genus Pauropsalta

• Pauropsalta bellatrix
• Pauropsalta borealis
• Pauropsalta dubia
• Pauropsalta emma
• Pauropsalta endeavourensis
• Pauropsalta extensa
• Pauropsalta fuscomarginata
• Pauropsalta lineola
• Pauropsalta nodicosta
• Pauropsalta rubra
• Pauropsalta signata
• Pauropsalta stigmatica
• Pauropsalta subolivacea
• Pauropsalta mneme
• Pauropsalta extrema
• Pauropsalta melanopygia
• Pauropsalta elgneri
• Pauropsalta infrasila
• Pauropsalta encaustica
• Pauropsalta rubristrigata
• Pauropsalta circumdata
• Pauropsalta rubea
• Pauropsalta annulata
• Pauropsalta nigristriga
• Pauropsalta eyrei
• Pauropsalta basalis

Genus Urabunana

• Urabunana festiva
• Urabunana leichardti
• Urabunana longipennis
• Urabunana segmentaria
• Urabunana daemeli
• Urabunana sericeivitta
• Urabunana marshalli
• Urabunana verna

Genus Yoyetta

• Yoyetta celis^[4]

Tribe Prasiini

Genus Lembeja

• Lembeja paradoxa
• Lembeja vitticollis

Tribe Chlorocystini

Genus Venustria

• Venustria superba

Genus Baeturia

• Baeturia flava
• Baeturia rufa
• Baeturia varicolor

Genus Owra

• Owra insignis

Genus Chlorocysta

• Chlorocysta suffusa
• Chlorocysta fumea
• Chlorocysta vitripennis

Genus Glaucopsaltria

• Glaucopsaltria viridis

Genus Thaumastopsaltria

• Thaumastopsaltria glauca

Tribe Hemidictyini

Genus Cystosoma

• Cystosoma schmeltzi
• Cystosoma saundersii

Genus Cystopsaltria

• Cystopsaltria immaculata

See also

• An article in the Sydney Morning Herald describing Australian cicadas.^[5]

References