Psithyristriina is a subtribe of

cicada The cicadas () are a superfamily, the Cicadoidea, of insects in the order Hemiptera (true bugs). They are in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, along with smaller jumping bugs such as leafhoppers and froghoppers. The superfamily is divided into two ...

s in the subfamily

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 Opacity (optics), opaque wing markings found in many species of the rel ...

and tribe Cicadini, originally erected as tribe "Psithyristriini" by

William Lucas Distant William Lucas Distant (12 November 1845 Rotherhithe – 4 February 1922 Wanstead) was an English entomologist. Biography Early years Distant was born in Rotherhithe, the son of whaling captain Alexander Distantspecies:B.R. Subba Rao, Rao, B.R ...

in 1905. There were at least 100 described species in Psithyristriini, found in South, East and Southeast Asia.

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the ''World Auchenorrhyncha Database''World Auchenorrhyncha Database
(retrieved 12 June 2025) includes: # '' Basa'' Distant, 1905 - central Asia # '' Kamalata'' Distant, 1889 - Thailand,

Malesia Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. It is a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical kingdom. It was first recognized as a distinct region ...

# ''

Onomacritus Onomacritus (; c. 530 – c. 480 BC), also spelled Onomacritos and Onomakritos, was a Greek chresmologue, or compiler of oracles, who lived at the court of the tyrant Pisistratus in Athens and prepared an edition of the Homeric poems. He was a col ...

'' Distant, 1912 - Sumatra # '' Psithyristria'' Stål, 1870 - Philippines # ''

Semia ''Semia'' (from ) is a genus of Asian cicadas in the Tribe (biology), tribe Cicadini, erected by Matsumura in 1917. Species The following are included by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility:Indochina Mainland Southeast Asia (historically known as Indochina and the Indochinese Peninsula) is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to th ...

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