Cicada (genus)

Cicada
Cicada orni, dorsal view
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadinae
Tribe: Cicadini
Subtribe: Cicadina
Genus: Cicada
Linnaeus, 1758

Cicada is the type genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae and the tribe Cicadini. Historically, a large number of species have been described as "Cicada", but are now placed elsewhere; valid species are mostly found in the Palaearctic realm and Indian subcontinent.

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