Psithyristriini Explained

Psithyristriini is a tribe of cicadas in the family Cicadidae, found in the Philippines. There are about 7 genera and at least 100 described species in Psithyristriini.

Genera

These seven genera belong to the tribe Psithyristriini:

• Basa Distant, 1905
• Kamalata Distant, 1889
• Onomacritus Distant, 1912
• Pomponia Stål, 1866
• Psithyristria Stål, 1870
• Semia Matsumura, 1917
• Terpnosia Distant, 1892

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.
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• 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.. 2009. Checklist, new species and key to the cicadas of Cuba (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea, Cicadidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 56. 1. 85–92. 0012-0073. 10.1002/mmnd.200900007.
• Sanborn . Allen F.. 2007. New species, new records and checklist of cicadas from Mexico (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadidae). Zootaxa. 1651. 1–42. 1175-5334.
• Book: 2018-07-03. Sanborn . Allen. 2013. Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Academic Press. 1. 9780124166479.
• Sanborn . Allen F.. Heath . Maxine S.. 2017. Priority and synonymy of some North American cicada genera (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Cryptotympanini). Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 4243. 2. 377–382. 10.11646/zootaxa.4243.2.8. 28610155.
• 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.
• Van Duzee . E.P.. 1915. A preliminary review of the West coast Cicadidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 23. 1. 21–44.