Prasiini Explained

Prasiini is a tribe of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. There are about 9 genera and at least 50 described species in Prasiini, found in tropical Africa, Australasia, and the Neotropics.

Genera

These five genera belong to the tribe Prasiini:^[1]

• Arfaka Distant, 1905

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• Jacatra Distant, 1905

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• Lembeja Distant, 1892

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• Mariekea Jong & Boer, 2004

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• Prasia Stål, 1863

^{c g}Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2nd. 0-8493-0212-9.
• Web site: 2018-07-03. Bantock . T.. Botting . J.. 2013. British Bugs, an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera.
• Majka . C.. 2009. Thomas L. Casey and Rhode Island. ZooKeys. 22. 267–283. 10.3897/zookeys.22.93. free. 2009ZooK...22..267M.
• Moulds . M.S.. 2005. An Appraisal of the Higher Classification of Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea) with Special Reference to the Australian Fauna. Records of the Australian Museum. 57. 3. 375–446. 0067-1975 . 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1447. free.
• Moulds . M.S.. 2018. Cicada fossils (Cicadoidea: Tettigarctidae and Cicadidae) with a review of the named fossilised Cicadidae. Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 4438. 3. 443–470. 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.2. 30313130. free.
• Sanborn . Allen F.. 2010. The cicadas of Colombia including new records and the description of a new species (Hemiptera: Cicadidae). Journal of Natural History. 44. 25–26. 1577–1607. 1464-5262 . 10.1080/00222931003760046. 2010JNatH..44.1577S.
• Book: 2018-07-03. Sanborn . Allen. 2013. Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Academic Press. 1. 9780124166479.
• Sanborn . A.F.. Phillips . P.K.. 2013. Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico. Diversity. 5. 2. 166–239 . 10.3390/d5020166. free.
• Sanborn . Allen F.. Phillips . Polly K.. Gillis . Philip. 2008. The Cicadas of Florida (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae). Zootaxa. 1916. 1–43. 1175-5334.
• Van Duzee . E.P.. 1915. A preliminary review of the West coast Cicadidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 23. 1. 21–44.

Notes and References

1. Ruschel . Tatiana Petersen . Campos . Luiz Alexandre . Phylogeny and biogeography of the leaf-winged cicadas (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadidae) . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 185 . 4 . 1150–1187 . 2019 . 10.1093/zoolinnean/zly087 .