Cicadinae Latreille, 1802

Sanborn, Allen F., 2020, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Peru including the description of twenty-four new species, three new synonymies, and thirty-seven new records, Zootaxa 4785 (1), pp. 1-129 : 7

Subfamily Cicadinae Latreille, 1802

REMARKS. The Cicadinae are distinguished from the remaining subfamilies of Cicadidae by the dorsal midline of the metanotum being entirely concealed by the mesonotum, the partially fused fore wing cubitus posterior and anal vein 1, hind wing radius posterior and median veins fused at their bases, male opercula not S-shaped nor with a deeply concave lateral margins, males generally possessing abdominal timbal covers, the distal shoulder of the male pygofer being well developed often extended into a pointed lobe, pygofer upper lobes generally absent (with a few exceptions in the Cryptotympanini Handlirsch, 1925 ), males possessing a retractable uncus of moderate length, claspers generally absent (a few present in the Dundubiini Distant, 1905g that are spined apically), an aedeagus without a ventrobasal pocket that is restrained before or below uncus, and an apical theca lacking leaf-like lateral lobes ( Moulds 2005; Marshall et al. 2018).