Cicadinae Latreille, 1802

Sanborn, Allen F., 2020, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Ecuador including the description of five new species, a new subtribe, four new synonymies, and fifteen new records, Zootaxa 4880 (1), pp. 1-80 : 7

Subfamily Cicadinae Latreille, 1802

REMARKS.—Species of the Cicadinae can be distinguished by the dorsal midline of the metanotum being entirely concealed by the mesonotum, the fore wing cubitus posterior and anal vein 1 being partially fused, the hind wing radius posterior and median veins are fused at their bases, the male opercula are not S-shaped nor do they possess a deeply concave lateral margin, males generally possess abdominal timbal covers, the male pygofer has a developed distal shoulder that is often extended into a pointed lobe, the pygofer upper lobes are generally absent (with a few exceptions in the Cryptotympanini Handlirsch, 1925 ), the uncus is of moderate length and retractable within the pygofer, claspers are generally absent (a few present in the Dundubiini Distant, 1905g that are spined apically), the aedeagus lacks a ventrobasal pocket and is restrained before or below the uncus, and the apical theca lacks leaf-like lateral lobes ( Moulds 2005; Marshall et al. 2018).