Cicadettinae Buckton, 1890

Sanborn, Allen F., 2024, The cicada (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) fauna of the Lesser Antilles sensu lato with the description of two new species, two new combinations, and a key to species, Zootaxa 5497 (1), pp. 33-69 : 49

Subfamily Cicadettinae Buckton, 1890

Diagnosis. Cicadas of this subfamily exhibit a metanotum that is partially visible on the dorsal midline, the partial fusion of the fore wing cubitus posterior vein and anal vein 1, fused bases of the hind wing radius posterior and median veins, male opercula that are not strongly S-shaped nor with a deeply concave lateral margin, males lack abdominal timbal covers, the male pygofer distal shoulder is undeveloped, pygofer upper lobes are present, large claspers lacking spines and dominating abdominal segment 10 are present, the uncus is small if present, the aedeagus lacks a ventrobasal pocket and is restrained by claspers, and the apical theca lack leaf-like lateral lobes ( Moulds 2005; Marshall et al. 2018).