Biology:Psaltoda

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Short description: Genus of true bugs

Psaltoda
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Psaltoda harrisii and Psaltoda flavescens specimens at the Australian Museum
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Tribe: Psaltodini
Genus: Psaltoda
Stål

Psaltoda is a genus of cicada found in eastern Australia. Originally described by Carl Stål, the type species is Psaltoda moerens known as the redeye, and P. plaga is a well-known species from eastern Australia, known as the black prince.[1] Fifteen species are recognised.[2] Relationships of the species with each other remains unclear.[3]

Species

References

  1. Moulds, Maxwell Sydney (1990). Australian Cicadas. Kensington, NSW: New South Wales University Press. p. 74. ISBN 0-86840-139-0. 
  2. Moulds, Maxwell Sydney (30 April 2012). "A Review of the Genera of Australian Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea)". Zootaxa 3287: 1–262 [192–94]. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2012/3287.html. 
  3. Moulds, Maxwell Sydney (2002). "Three New Species of Psaltoda Stål from Eastern Australia (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae)". Records of the Australian Museum 54: 325–34. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.54.2002.1370. ISSN 0067-1975. http://www.austmus.gov.au/Uploads/Journals/17948/1370_complete.pdf. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3409402 entry