Cystosoma
Cystosoma | |
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Cystosoma saundersii specimen in the Australian Museum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Family: | Cicadidae |
Subfamily: | Cicadettinae |
Tribe: | Chlorocystini |
Genus: | Cystosoma Westwood, 1842 |
Cystosoma is a genus of cicadas, also known as bladder cicadas, in the Cicadinae subfamily and native to Australia. Two species have been described.[2]
Species
[edit]- Cystosoma saundersii (Westwood, 1842) (Bladder Cicada)
- Cystosoma schmeltzi Distant, 1882 (Lesser Bladder Cicada)

References
[edit]- ^ Dmitriev, D.A.; Anufriev, G.A.; Bartlett, C.R.; et al. (eds.). "Cystosoma Westwood, 1842". World Auchenorrhyncha Database. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ Moulds, Maxwell Sydney (30 April 2012). "A review of the genera of Australian cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea)". Zootaxa. 3287: 1–262 [67–88]. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3287.1.1.