Cicadinae Latreille 1802

Sanborn, Allen F., 2021, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae) of Madagascar including a new tribe, five new genera, twelve new species, four new species synonymies, five revised species status, ten new combinations, new tribal assignments for four genera, one new subtribe synonymy, a checklist and key to the species, Zootaxa 4937 (1), pp. 1-79 : 6

Subfamily Cicadinae Latreille 1802

Remarks.—Species of Cicadinae are distinguished by the mesonotum concealing the dorsal metanotum midline, the partially fused fore wing cubitus posterior and anal vein 1, the fused bases of the hind wing radius posterior and median veins, male opercula are not S-shaped nor do they possess a deeply concave lateral margin, males generally possess abdominal timbal covers, the male pygofer distal shoulder is developed, often extended into a pointed lobe, pygofer upper lobes are generally absent (with a few exceptions in the Cryptotympanini Handlirsch, 1925 ), an uncus of moderate length and retractable within the pygofer, claspers are generally absent, the aedeagus lacks a ventrobasal pocket and is restrained before or below the uncus, and the lack of lateral lobes on the apical theca ( Moulds 2005; Marshall et al. 2018).