Tribe Parnisini Distant, 1905d

Parnisaria Distant 1905d: 203.

Type genus. Cicada (Parnisa) Stål 1862: 21 .

Diagnosis. Cicadas of the tribe are characterized by eyes that do not or barely project beyond the anterior angles of the more or less subquadrate pronotum, and an abdomen that is shorter than the length between the apex of the postclypeus and the posterior cruciform elevation (Distant 1905d; Moulds 2005).