Tribe Parnisini Distant, 1905a

Parnisaria Distant 1905a: 203 .

Type genus. Cicada (Parnisa) Stål 1862: 21 .

Remarks. Species of Parnisini are characterized by eyes that do not or barely project beyond the anterior angles or the pronotum, a pronotum that is more or less subquadrate, and the length of the abdomen is shorter than the length between the apex of the postclypeus and posterior cruciform elevation (Distant 1905a; Moulds 2005).