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Cicadinae
The Cicadinae are a subfamily of cicadas, containing the translucent cicadas. They are robust cicadas and many have gaudy colors, but they generally lack the butterfly-like opaque wing markings found in many species of the related Tibiceninae.
29 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Discreet Cicadas
tribeTacuini

Moss Cicadas and Allies
tribeFidicinini

Cicadini
tribeCicadini

Broadwing Cicadas
tribePlatypleurini

Painted Cicadas
tribeLeptopsaltriini

Dundubiini
tribeDundubiini

Psaltodini
tribePsaltodini

Zammarini
tribeZammarini

Polyneurini
tribePolyneurini

Cyclochilini
tribeCyclochilini

Psithyristriini
tribePsithyristriini

Arenopsaltriini
tribeArenopsaltriini

Thophini
tribeThophini

Gaeanini
tribeGaeanini

Tamasini
tribeTamasini

Macrotristriini
tribeMacrotristriini

Cosmopsaltriini
tribeCosmopsaltriini

Tosenini
tribeTosenini

Ayuthiini
tribeAyuthiini

Burbungini
tribeBurbungini

Durangonini
tribeDurangonini

Oncotympanini
tribeOncotympanini

Antankariini
tribeAntankariini

Lahugadini
tribeLahugadini

Distantadini
tribeDistantadini

Talcopsaltriini
tribeTalcopsaltriini
Jassopsaltriini
tribeJassopsaltriini

Cicadmalleuini
tribeCicadmalleuini

Sonatini
tribeSonatini
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Cicadinae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 209685.