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Cystosoma

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Cystosoma
Cystosoma saundersii specimen in the Australian Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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.[1]

Species

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A bladder cicada (Cystosoma saundersii) camouflaging itself as a leaf
Cystosoma saundersii camouflaging itself as a leaf

References

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  1. ↑ 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.