Cosmopsaltriina Kato, 1932

Moulds, MS, 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), pp. 375-446 : 432-433

Subtribe Cosmopsaltriina Kato, 1932

Cosmopsaltriaria Kato, 1932: 145 .

Cosmopsaltriina Duffels & Turner, 2002: 235.

Type genus. Cosmopsaltria Stål (type species: Cicada doryca Boisduval ).

Included genera. Aceropyga Duffels , Brachylobopyga Duffels , Cosmopsaltria Stål , Diceropyga Stål , Dilobopyga Duffels , Meimuna Distant , Moana J.G. Myers , Rhadinopyga Duffels (sensu Duffels, 1983, 1993; Beuk, 2002).

Diagnosis. Distal shoulder distally extended into pointed, and often apically up-turned lateral lobe. Accessory spines (claspers) present. Theca straight or curved in a gentle arc and with fleshy apical appendages.

Distinguishing characters. As for diagnosis above but the extended and apically up-turned lateral lobes of the male pygofer distal shoulder are similar in some Burbungini and rudimentary in Thophini . A straight or curved theca is also widespread within the Cicadidae but the fleshy apical appendages are characteristic for the Cosmopsaltriina .

Discussion. The concept of the Cosmopsaltriina has been reviewed by Duffels (1983, 1986, 1993, 1997) and Beuk (2002). Readers are directed to these studies for detailed species accounts and their phylogenetic relationships.