Cicadinae Latreille, 1802

Sanborn, Allen F., 2020, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Trinidad and Tobago including the description of three new species and seven new records, with new records for several additional Caribbean Islands, Zootaxa 4838 (4), pp. 535-565 : 537

Subfamily Cicadinae Latreille, 1802

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