Cystosoma

Cystosoma
Cystosoma saundersii specimen in the Australian Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadettinae
Tribe: Chlorocystini
Genus:
Westwood, 1842
Species[1]

Cystosoma is a genus of cicada in of the Cicadinae subfamily native to Australia. Two species have been described.[2]

A bladder cicada (Cystosoma saundersii) camouflaging itself as a leaf.
A bladder cicada (Cystosoma saundersii) camouflaging itself as a leaf. Bladder cicadas are one of two species of Cystosoma described.

References

  1. ^ Dmitriev, D.A.; Anufriev, G.A.; Bartlett, C.R.; et al. (eds.). "Cystosoma Westwood, 1842". World Auchenorrhyncha Database. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  2. ^ 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.


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