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''Cicada'' is the
(retrieved 1 July 2025)
''Cicada'' is the type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus (''genus typica'') is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearin ...
of cicadas in the family 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
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The ...
and Indian subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent is a physiographic region of Asia below the Himalayas which projects into the Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal to the east and the Arabian Sea to the west. It is now divided between Bangladesh, India, and Pakista ...
.World Auchenorrhyncha Database: genus ''Cicada'' Linnaeus, 1758(retrieved 1 July 2025)
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 othertribes
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). Revisions have continued into the 21st century and even in 2018 there remained over 60 named species here.
The ''World Auchenorrhyncha Database'' currently (July 2025) includes:
# '' Cicada albicans''
# '' Cicada albida''
# '' Cicada asius''
# '' Cicada barbara'' (2 subspecies)
# '' Cicada casmatmema''
# '' Cicada cerisyi''
# '' Cicada complex''
# '' Cicada cretensis''
# '' Cicada fuscomaculata''
# '' Cicada goezei''
# '' Cicada lodosi''
# '' Cicada mannifica''
# '' Cicada mordoganensis''
# '' Cicada nigropunctata''
# '' Cicada opercularis''
# '' Cicada orni'' - type species
# '' Cicada permagna''
# '' Cicada regina''
# '' Cicada sebai''
# '' Cicada turtoni''
;fossil species
# †'' Cicada heeri''
# †'' Cicada tithonus''
References
External links
* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q18347690 Cicadidae genera Hemiptera of Europe Hemiptera of Africa Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Taxa described in 1758