Belongs within: Clypeata.
Contains: Melampsalta.
The Tibicinidae include often smaller cicadas in which the males lack tymbal covers on the abdomen so the tymbals are completely exposed (Carver et al. 1991). The bladder cicada Cystosoma saundersii of eastern Australia has the abdomen remarkably inflated in males to form a resonating chamber.
<==Tibicinidae [Tibicininae]
|--PrasiiniDB93
| |--Arfaka Distant 1905DB93
| |--Jacatra Distant 1905DB93
| |--Prasia Stål 1863DB93
| `--Lembeja Distant 1892DB93
| `--L. brunneosaWEE70
`--+--Gymnotympana Stål 1861DB93
|--Venustria Goding & Froggatt 1904DB93
|--Baeturia Stål 1866DB93, DB91
| |--B. flava Goding & Froggatt 1904DB93
| |--B. kuroiwae (Matsumura 1913)I92
| `--B. loriaeDB91
|--Scottotympana De Boer 1991DB93
| |--*S. biardae De Boer 1991DB91
| |--S. huibregtsae De Boer 1991DB91
| `--S. sahebdivanii De Boer 1991DB91
`--+--+--Chlorocysta Westwood 1851DB93
| |--Glaucopsaltria Goding & Froggatt 1904DB93
| `--Owra Ashton 1912DB93
`--+--+--Cystopsaltria Goding & Froggatt 1904DB93
| `--Cystosoma Westwood 1842DB93
| `--C. saundersiiCGW91
`--+--+--‘Baeturia’ humilis Blöte 1960DB93
| `--‘Baeturia’ viridicata Distant 1897DB93
`--+--Thaumastopsaltria Kirkaldy 1900DB93, DB91
| |--T. lanceolaDB93
| |--T. sarissaDB93
| `--T. siculaDB93
`--Aedeastria De Boer 1990DB93
|--*A. cobropsDB93
|--A. bullata De Boer 1993DB93
|--A. cheesmanae De Boer 1993DB93
|--A. digitata (Blöte 1960) [=Baeturia digitata]DB93
|--A. dilobata De Boer 1993DB93
|--A. hastulata De Boer 1993DB93
|--A. kaiensis De Boer 1993DB93
|--A. latifrons (Blöte 1960) [=Baeturia latifrons]DB93
|--A. moluccensis De Boer 1993DB93
|--A. obiensis De Boer 1993DB93
|--A. sepiaDB93
`--A. waigeuensis De Boer 1993DB93
Tibicinidae incertae sedis:
Heuchys fuscaZA05
Scieroptera splendidulaZA05
AbromaZA05
|--A. maculicollisZA05
|--A. pumila (Dist. 1892) [=Tibicen pumilus]D14
`--A. tahanensisZA05
LemurianaZA05
Muda obtusaZA05
UeanaD14
|--U. harmonia Kirk 1905 [incl. U. polymnia Kirk 1905]D14
|--U. lifuana (Montr. 1861) [=Cicada lifuana]D14
`--U. rosacea (Dist. 1892) [=Melampsalta rosacea]D14
Kanakia typica Dist. 1892D14
MelampsaltaD14
Taurella viridisMC13
UrabunanaCGW91
CicadettaCGW91
|--C. cruciferaCGW91
|--C. meleteC91
|--C. montanaRD77
|--C. rubricinctaC70
`--C. tympanistria Kirkaldy 1907K08
Froggattoides typicusCGW91
Abricta curvicostaCGW91
TibicenE66
|--T. canicularisE66
|--T. chloromeraE66
|--T. dealbataE66
|--T. dorsataE66
|--T. linneiE66
|--T. lyricenE66
|--T. marginalisE66
|--T. pruinosaE66
|--T. robinsonianaE66
`--T. vitripennisE66
Chrysocicada Boulard 1990 [Parnisini]B90
`--*C. franceaustralae Boulard 1990B90
Quintilia carinatusB90
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
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[CGW91] Carver, M., G. F. Gross & T. E. Woodward. 1991. Hemiptera (bugs, leafhoppers, cicadas, aphids, scale insects etc.) In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers 2nd ed. vol. 1 pp. 429–509. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).
[C70] CSIRO. 1970. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers. Melbourne University Press.
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[DB91] De Boer, A. J. 1991. Scottotympana, a new cicad genus from New Guinea, with the description of three new species, their taxonomy and biogeography (Homoptera, Tibicinidae). Beaufortia 42 (1): 1–11.
[DB93] De Boer, A. J. 1993. Ten species added to the genus Aedeastria De Boer, 1990, with the description of eight new species and notes on the taxonomy and biogeography (Homoptera, Tibicinidae). Beaufortia 43 (9): 140–167.
[D14] Distant, W. L. 1914. Rhynchota from New Caledonia and the surrounding islands. In: Sarasin, F., & J. Roux (eds) Nova Caledonia: Forschungen in Neu-Caledonian und auf den Loyalty-Inseln. A. Zoologie vol. 1 pt 4 pp. 369–390, pls 11–12. C. W. Kreidels Verlag: Wiesbaden.
[E66] Evans, H. E. 1966. The Comparative Ethology and Evolution of the Sand Wasps. Harvard University Press: Cambridge (Massachusetts).
[I92] Iwahashi, J. (ed.) 1992. Reddo Deeta Animaruzu: a pictorial of Japanese fauna facing extinction. JICC: Tokyo.
[K08] Kirkaldy, G. W. 1908. A catalogue of the Hemiptera of Fiji. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 33: 345–391, pl. 4.
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[RD77] Richards, O. W., & R. G. Davies. 1977. Imms’ General Textbook of Entomology 10th ed. vol. 2. Classification and Biology. Chapman and Hall: London.
[WEE70] Woodward, T. E., J. W. Evans & V. F. Eastop. 1970. Hemiptera (bugs, leafhoppers, etc.) In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers pp. 387–457. Melbourne University Press.
[ZA05] Zaidi, M. I., & S. Azman. 2005. Cicada fauna (Homoptera: Cicadoidea) of the National Park of Peninsular Malaysia. Serangga 10 (1–2): 49–58.