CLASSIFICATION AND CHECKLIST OF INDIAN CICADAS

The systematic catalogue of Indian cicadas given below is based on a revised systematic catalogue published earlier (Price et al. 2016. Biodiversity Data Journal, 4:e8051. Download a PDF file here). This web version is constantly updated, so if you see any species of Indian cicadas missing from this catalogue, please alert us by email as soon as possible.

CLASS INSECTA

ORDER HEMIPTERA

SUPERFAMILY CICADOIDEA

FAMILY CICADIDAE

SUBFAMILY CICADETTINAE:

TRIBE CICADETTINI

Cicadetta intermedia (Ollenbach, 1929)
Cicadetta minuta (Ollenbach, 1929)

Linguacicada continuata (Distant, 1888)

Melampsalta literata (Distant, 1888)

Pauropsalta exaequata (Distant, 1892)

TRIBE CICADETTINI

Graptotettix guttatus Stål, 1866
Huechys beata Chou et al., 1997
Huechys haematica Distant, 1888
Huechys incarnata (Fabricius, 1787)
Huechys sanguinea (Fabricius, 1803)
Huechys thoracica Distant, 1879
Scieroptera crocea (Guérin-Méneville, 1838)
Scieroptera fumigata (Stål, 1854)
Scieroptera montana Schmidt, 1918
Scieroptera splendidula (Walker, 1870)

TRIBE PARNISINI

Bijaurana sita Distant, 1912
Lycurgus subvittus (Walker, 1850)
Quintilia pomponia Distant, 1912

TRIBE TAPHURINI

Abroma apicalis Ollenbach, 1929

Abroma bengalensis Distant, 1906

Abroma maculicollis (Guérin-Méneville, 1838)

Lemuriana apicalis (Germar, 1830)

SUBFAMILY CICADINAE:

TRIBE CICADATRINI

Cicadatra acberi (Distant, 1888)

Cicadatra anoea (Walker, 1850)

Cicadatra gingat China, 1926

Cicadatra inconspicua Distant, 1912

Cicadatra raja Distant, 1906

Cicadatra sankara (Distant, 1904)

Cicadatra walkeri Metcalf, 1963

Cicadatra xantes (Walker, 1850)

Emathia aegrota Stål, 1866

Mogannia aurea Fraser, 1942

Mogannia conica (Germar, 1830)

Mogannia cyanea Walker, 1858

Mogannia effecta Distant, 1892

Mogannia funebris Stål, 1865

Mogannia nasalis (White, 1844)

Mogannia obliqua Walker, 1858

Mogannia venutissima Stål, 1865

Mogannia viridis (Signoret, 1847)

Psalmocharias querula (Pallas, 1773)

Psalmocharias rugipennis (Walker, 1858)

TRIBE CICADINI

Aetanna tigroides (Walker, 1858)

Basa singularis (Walker, 1858)

Calcagninus divaricatus Bliven, 1964

Calcagninus nilgirensis (Distant, 1887)

Calcagninus picturatus (Distant, 1888)

Cicada conspurcata (Fabricius, 1777)

Cicada olivierana Metcalf, 1963

Euterpnosia crowfooti (Distant, 1912)

Euterpnosia madhava (Distant, 1881)

Leptopsaltria andamanensis Distant, 1888

Leptopsaltria samia (Walker, 1850)

Leptopsaltria tuberosa (Signoret, 1847)

Neotanna thalia (Walker, 1850)

Paranosia andersoni (Distant, 1892)

Paratanna parata Lee, 2012

Pomponia cinctimanus (Walker, 1850)

Pomponia cyanea Fraser, 1948

Pomponia linearis (Walker, 1850)

Pomponia picta (Walker, 1870)

Pomponia ramifera (Walker, 1850)

Pomponia solitaria Distant, 1888

Pomponia surya Distant, 1904

Pomponia urania (Walker, 1850)

Pomponia zebra Bliven, 1964
Rustia apicata Distant, 1906

Rustia dentivitta (Walker, 1862)
Rustia kodagura Marathe, Sanborn & Kunte, 2018
Rustia maculata Distant, 1912
Rustia marginatus (Distant, 1897)
Rustia minuta Marathe, Sanborn & Kunte, 2018

Rustia tigrina (Distant, 1888)

Terpnosia abdullah Distant, 1904

Terpnosia clio (Walker, 1850)

Terpnosia collina (Distant, 1888)

Terpnosia confusa Distant, 1905

Terpnosia ganesa Distant, 1904

Terpnosia jenkinsi Distant, 1912

Terpnosia lactea (Distant, 1887)

Terpnosia maculipes (Walker, 1850)

Terpnosia ransonneti (Distant, 1888)

TRIBE CRYPTOTYMPANINI

Chremistica ribhoi Hajong & Yaakop, 2013

Chremistica seminiger (Distant, 1909)

Cryptotympana acuta (Signoret, 1849)

Cryptotympana corvus (Walker, 1850)

Cryptotympana edwardsi Kirkaldy, 1902

Cryptotympana exalbida Distant, 1891

Cryptotympana insularis Distant, 1887

Cryptotympana intermedia (Signoret, 1849)

Cryptotympana limborgi Distant, 1888

Cryptotympana recta (Walker, 1850)

Cryptotympana vesta (Distant, 1904)

TRIBE CHAMPAKA

Champaka spinosa (Fabricius, 1787)

Dundubia emanatura Distant, 1889

Dundubia ensifera Bloem & Duffels, 1976

Dundubia hastata (Moulton, 1923)

Dundubia laterocurvata Beuk, 1996

Dundubia nagarasingna Distant, 1881

Dundubia oopaga (Distant, 1881)

Dundubia rufivena Walker, 1850

Dundubia terpsichore (Walker, 1850)

Dundubia vaginata (Fabricius, 1787)

Haphsa durga (Distant, 1881)

Haphsa nicomache (Walker, 1850)

Haphsa scitula (Distant, 1888)

Haphsa stellata Lee, 2009

Khimbya diminuta (Walker, 1850)

Khimbya evanescens (Walker, 1858)

Khimbya immsi Distant, 1912

Khimbya sita (Distant, 1881)

Lethama locusta (Walker, 1850)

Macrosemia assamensis (Distant, 1905)

Macrosemia saturata (Walker, 1858)

Macrosemia umbrata (Distant, 1888)

Mata kama (Distant, 1881)

Meimuna cassandra Distant, 1912

Meimuna microdon (Walker, 1850)

Meimuna pallida Ollenbach, 1929

Meimuna silhetana (Distant, 1888)

Meimuna tripurasura (Distant, 1881)

Platylomia amicta (Distant, 1889)

Platylomia brevis Distant, 1912

Platylomia ficulnea (Distant, 1892)

Platylomia larus (Walker, 1858)

Platylomia radha (Distant, 1881)

Platylomia vibrans (Walker, 1850)

Zaphsa princeps Lee & Emery, 2014

TRIBE FIDICINI

Proarna hilaris (Germar, 1834)

TRIBE GAEANINI

Ambragaeana stellata (Walker, 1858)

Balinta delinenda (Distant, 1888)

Balinta octonotata (Westwood, 1845)

Balinta sanguiniventris Ollenbach, 1929

Callogaeana annamensis (Distant, 1892)

Callogaeana festiva (Fabricius, 1803)

Gaeana atkinsoni Distant, 1889

Gaeana consors Atkinson, 1884

Gaeana maculata (Drury, 1773)

Sulphogaeana sulphurea (Westwood, 1839)

TRIBE LAHUGADINI

Lahugada dohertyi (Distant, 1891)

TRIBE LEPTOPSALTRINI

Manna tenuis Lee & Emery, 2013

Mosaica irregularis Lee & Emery, 2013

Neoterpnosia donghai Lee & Emery, 2014

Purana morrisi (Distant, 1892)

Purana tigrina (Walker, 1850)

TRIBE HAMZINI

Platypleura affinis (Fabricius, 1803)

Platypleura andamana Distant, 1878

Platypleura assamensis Atkinson, 1884
Platypleura badia Distant, 1888

Platypleura basialba (Walker, 1850)

Platypleura basiviridis Walker, 1850

Platypleura bufo (Walker, 1850)

Platypleura capitata (Olivier, 1790)

Platypleura cervina Walker, 1850

Platypleura coelebs Stål, 1863

Platypleura hampsoni (Distant, 1887)

Platypleura inglisi Ollenbach, 1929

Platypleura mackinnoni Distant, 1904

Platypleura nobilis (Germar, 1830)

Platypleura octoguttata (Fabricius, 1798)

Platypleura polita (Walker, 1850)

Platypleura poorvachala Marathe, Yeshwanth, Basu, & Kunte, 2017

Platypleura sphinx Walker, 1850

Pycna minor Liu, 1940

Pycna repanda (Linneaus, 1758)

Pycna verna Hayashi, 1982

TRIBE POLYNEURINI

Angamiana aetherea Distant, 1890

Formotosena montivaga (Distant, 1889)

Polyneura ducalis Westwood, 1840

Talainga japrona Ollenbach, 1929

Talainga naga Ollenbach, 1929

TRIBE SONATINI

Distantalna splendida (Distant, 1878)

Hyalessa expansa (Walker, 1858)

Hyalessa mahoni (Distant, 1906)

Hyalessa melanoptera (Distant, 1904)

Hyalessa obnubila (Distant, 1888)

TRIBE TOSENINI

Tosena albata Distant, 1878

Tosena dives (Westwood, 1842)

Tosena mearesiana (Westwood, 1842)

Tosena melanoptera (White, 1846)

SUBFAMILY TIBICINAE:

TRIBE TIBICINI

Paharia lacteipennis (Walker, 1850)

Subtibicina tigris Lee, 2012

Tibicina casyapae (Distant, 1888)

Tibicina reticulata (Distant, 1888)

Page citation

Price, B. W., E. L. Allan, K. Marathe, V. Sarkar, C. Simon, and K. Kunte 2024. CLASSIFICATION AND CHECKLIST OF INDIAN CICADAS . In Marathe, K., V. Sarkar, B. W. Price, P. Roy, and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 1.0. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.