Family Cicadidae Latreille, 1802

REMARKS. All extant species of cicadas are members of the family Cicadidae except for the two Australian species of Tettigarcta White, 1845 . Cicadidae are distinguished from the Tettigarctidae by the pronotum that is smaller than the mesonotum and does not expand over the dorsal mesonotum, the presence of a distinctive cruciform elevation, fore wing radius posterior arising from node, fore wing anal veins 2 and 3 are fused, males generally possess timbal organs and an abdominal resonating chamber, both sexes possess tympana, male sternite VII shielding genitalia ventrally, and the male pygofer with basal lobes present (Moulds 2005).