Parnisini Explained

Parnisini is a tribe of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. There are more than 20 genera and 80 described species in Parnisini, found in the Neotropics, Palearctic, tropical Africa and Madagascar.

Genera

The following genera belong to the tribe Parnisini:

• Abagazara Distant, 1905
• Acyroneura Torres, 1958
• Adeniana Distant, 1905
• Arcystasia Distant, 1882
• Bijaurana Distant, 1912
• Calopsaltria Stål, 1861
• Calyria Stål, 1862
• Crassisternalna Boulard, 1980
• Derotettix Berg, 1882
• Henicotettix Stål, 1858
• Jafuna Distant, 1912
• Kageralna Boulard, 2012
• Koranna Distant, 1905
• Luangwana Distant, 1914
• Lycurgus China, 1925
• Malgotilia Boulard, 1980
• Mapondera Distant, 1905
• Masupha Distant, 1892
• Parnisa Stål, 1862
• Prunasis Stål, 1862
• Psilotympana Stål, 1861
• Rhinopsalta Melichar, 1908
• Taipinga Distant, 1905
• Zouga Distant, 1906

Further reading

• A review of the genera of Australian cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea). 2012. Moulds. M. S.. Zootaxa. 3287. 1. 1. 978-1-86977-890-3. 10.11646/zootaxa.3287.1.1. free.
• An Appraisal of the Higher Classification of Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea) with Special Reference to the Australian Fauna. 2005. Moulds. M. S.. Records of the Australian Museum. 57. 3. 375–446. 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1447. 2019-10-18. 2017-08-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20170809051700/https://australianmuseum.net.au/uploads/journals/18025/1447.pdf. dead.
• Cicada fossils (Cicadoidea: Tettigarctidae and Cicadidae) with a review of the named fossilised Cicadidae. 2018. Moulds . M. S.. Zootaxa. 4438. 3. 443–470. 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.2. 30313130. free.
• Book: Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). 2013. Sanborn. Allen. Academic Press. 9780124166479.