Cicada (genus)

Cicada
Cicada orni, dorsal view
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadinae
Tribe: Cicadini
Subtribe: Cicadina
Genus: Cicada
Linnaeus, 1758
Cicada barbara

Cicada is the type genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae and the tribe Cicadini. Historically, a large number of species have been described as "Cicada", but are now placed elsewhere; valid species are mostly found in the Palaearctic realm and Indian subcontinent.[1]

Species

The family Cicadidae has undergone many revisions and it includes many insects that outwardly appear to be similar; many species were previously assigned to Cicada, but are now placed in different genera (frequently in other tribes). Revisions have continued into the 21st century and even in 2018 there remained over 60 named species here.[2][3] The World Auchenorrhyncha Database[1] currently (July 2025) includes:

  1. Cicada albicans Walker, 1858
  2. Cicada albida Gmelin, 1789
  3. Cicada asius Walker, 1850
  4. Cicada barbara (Stål, 1866) (2 subspecies)
  5. Cicada casmatmema Capanni, 1894
  6. Cicada cerisyi Guérin-Méneville, 1844
  7. Cicada complex Walker, 1850
  8. Cicada cretensis Quartau & Simões, 2005
  9. Cicada fuscomaculata Goeze, 1778
  10. Cicada goezei Metcalf, 1963
  11. Cicada lodosi Boulard, 1979
  12. Cicada mannifica Forskål, 1775
  13. Cicada mordoganensis Boulard, 1979
  14. Cicada nigropunctata Goeze, 1778
  15. Cicada opercularis Olivier, 1791
  16. Cicada orni Linnaeus, 1758 - type species
  17. Cicada permagna (Haupt, 1917)
  18. Cicada regina Graber, 1876
  19. Cicada sebai Metcalf, 1963
  20. Cicada turtoni Metcalf, 1963
fossil species
  1. †Cicada heeri Dmitriev, 2020
  2. †Cicada tithonus Moulds, Kaulfuss & Gehler, 2023

References

  1. ^ a b World Auchenorrhyncha Database: genus Cicada Linnaeus, 1758 (retrieved 1 July 2025)
  2. ^ "Cicada Linnaeus, 1758". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  3. ^ "Cicada Linnaeus, 1758". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
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