Platypediini is a tribe of cicadas in the family
Cicadidae
Cicadidae, the true cicadas, is the largest family of cicadas, with more than 3,200 species worldwide. The oldest known definitive fossils are from the Paleocene, a nymph from the Cretaceous Burmese amber has been attributed to the family, but co ...
. There are at least 2 genera and 20 described species in Platypediini, found in the
Nearctic
The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface.
The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America t ...
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Genera
These two genera belong to the tribe Platypediini:[
* '' Neoplatypedia'' Davis, 1920
* '' Platypedia'' Uhler, 1888
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Tibicininae
Hemiptera tribes
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