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)
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
 
TRIBE TAPHURINI 
Abroma apicalis Ollenbach, 1929
Abroma maculicollis (Guérin-Méneville, 1838)

SUBFAMILY CICADINAE:

TRIBE CICADATRINI
 
Cicadatra anoea (Walker, 1850)
Cicadatra gingat China, 1926
Cicadatra inconspicua Distant, 1912
Cicadatra raja Distant, 1906
Cicadatra walkeri Metcalf, 1963
Emathia aegrota Stål, 1866
Mogannia aurea Fraser, 1942
Mogannia conica (Germar, 1830)
Mogannia nasalis  (White, 1844)
Mogannia venutissima Stål, 1865
Mogannia viridis (Signoret, 1847)
Psalmocharias querula (Pallas, 1773)

TRIBE CICADINI
 
Aetanna tigroides (Walker, 1858)
Calcagninus divaricatus Bliven, 1964
Calcagninus nilgirensis (Distant, 1887)
Cicada olivierana Metcalf, 1963
Leptopsaltria tuberosa (Signoret, 1847)
Neotanna thalia (Walker, 1850)
Paranosia andersoni (Distant, 1892)
Paratanna parata Lee, 2012
Pomponia picta (Walker, 1870)
Pomponia solitaria Distant, 1888
Pomponia zebra Bliven, 1964
Rustia apicata Distant, 1906
Terpnosia abdullah Distant, 1904
Terpnosia lactea (Distant, 1887)

TRIBE CRYPTOTYMPANINI
 
Chremistica seminiger (Distant, 1909)
Cryptotympana edwardsi Kirkaldy, 1902

TRIBE CHAMPAKA
 
Champaka spinosa (Fabricius, 1787)
Dundubia ensifera Bloem & Duffels, 1976
Dundubia laterocurvata Beuk, 1996
Dundubia vaginata (Fabricius, 1787)
Haphsa stellata Lee, 2009
Meimuna pallida Ollenbach, 1929
Zaphsa princeps Lee & Emery, 2014

TRIBE FIDICINI
 
Proarna hilaris (Germar, 1834)

TRIBE GAEANINI
 
Balinta sanguiniventris Ollenbach, 1929
Callogaeana annamensis (Distant, 1892)
Gaeana consors Atkinson, 1884

TRIBE LAHUGADINI
 

TRIBE LEPTOPSALTRINI
 
Manna tenuis Lee & Emery, 2013
Neoterpnosia donghai Lee & Emery, 2014

TRIBE HAMZINI
 
Platypleura inglisi Ollenbach, 1929
Platypleura nobilis (Germar, 1830)
Pycna minor Liu, 1940
Pycna verna Hayashi, 1982

TRIBE POLYNEURINI
 
Talainga japrona Ollenbach, 1929
Talainga naga Ollenbach, 1929

TRIBE SONATINI
 
Hyalessa expansa (Walker, 1858)
Hyalessa mahoni (Distant, 1906)
Hyalessa melanoptera (Distant, 1904)
Hyalessa obnubila (Distant, 1888)

TRIBE TOSENINI
 

SUBFAMILY TIBICINAE:

TRIBE TIBICINI
 
Subtibicina tigris Lee, 2012

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.