Cystopsaltria

Cystopsaltria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Superfamily: Cicadoidea
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadettinae
Tribe: Chlorocystini
Genus: Cystopsaltria
Goding & Froggatt, 1904[1][2]

Cystopsaltria is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae, subfamily Cicadettinae and tribe Chlorocystini. It is endemic to Australia.[3] It was described in 1904 by entomologists Frederic Webster Goding and Walter Wilson Froggatt.[1][2]

Species

As of 2025 there was one valid species in the genus:[4][2]

  • Cystopsaltria immaculata Golding & Froggatt, 1904 (Rare Bladder Cicada)

References

  1. 1 2 Goding, FW; Froggat, WW (1904). "Monograph of the Australian Cicadidae". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (3): 561โ€“670 [661].
  2. 1 2 3 "Genus Cystopsaltria Goding & Froggatt, 1904". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2025. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
  3. โ†‘ "Genus Cystopsaltria (false bladder cicadas)". dr-pop.net. Retrieved 2026-07-20.
  4. โ†‘ L.W. Popple (2025). "Genus Cystopsaltria Goding and Froggatt, 1904". A web guide to the cicadas of Australia. Popple Creative Industries. Retrieved 2025-09-20.