Chlorocystini is a tribe of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. There are at least 20 genera and 170 described species in Chlorocystini.[1][2][3]

Chlorocystini
Chlorocysta vitripennis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadettinae
Tribe: Chlorocystini
Distant, 1905

Members of Chlorocystini are found primarily in southeast Asia, Australasia, and the western Pacific. Isolated genera occur in Africa, South America, the Mascarene Islands, and Mauritius.[3]

Genera edit

These 25 genera belong to the tribe Chlorocystini:

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Chlorocystini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  2. ^ a b "Chlorocystini Tribe Information". biotaxa.org. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  3. ^ a b Marshall, David C.; Moulds, Max; Hill, Kathy B. R.; Price, Benjamin W.; et al. (2018). "A molecular phylogeny of the cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) with a review of tribe and subfamily classification". Zootaxa. 4424 (1). Magnolia Press: 1–64. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4424.1.1. PMID 30313477.
  4. ^ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  5. ^ "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-07-03.

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