Cystosoma
Appearance
| Cystosoma | |
|---|---|
| Cystosoma saundersii specimen in the Australian Museum | |
| Scientific 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
[edit]- Cystosoma saundersii (Westwood, 1842) (Bladder Cicada)
- Cystosoma schmeltzi Distant, 1882 (Lesser Bladder Cicada)

References
[edit]- â Moulds, Maxwell Sydney (30 April 2012). "A review of the genera of Australian cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea)". Zootaxa. 3287: 1â262 [67â88]. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3287.1.1.