Cyclochila
| Cyclochila | |
|---|---|
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| C. australasiae | |
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| C. virens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Subfamily: | Cicadinae |
| Tribe: | Cyclochilini |
| Genus: | Cyclochila Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 |
Cyclochila is a genus of cicada native to eastern Australia. It is the only genus of the tribe Cyclochilini. The cicadas inhabit high-rainfall regions of eastern and south-eastern Australia.
Species
[edit]Two species are recognised:[1][2]
- Cyclochila australasiae (Donovan, 1805) - (Greengrocer, Masked Devil, Yellow Monday)
- Cyclochila virens Distant, 1906 - (Northern Greengrocer)
References
[edit]- ^ Moulds, Maxwell Sydney (1990). Australian Cicadas. Kensington, New South Wales: New South Wales University Press. p. 61. ISBN 0-86840-139-0.
- ^ 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.
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