Cystosoma

Cystosoma is a genus of cicada in of the Cicadinae subfamily native to Australia. Two species have been described.[1]

A Bladder Cicada (Cystosoma saundersii) camouflaging itself as a leaf. Bladder Cicadas are one of two species of Cystosoma described.

Cystosoma
Cystosoma saundersii specimen in the Australian Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hemiptera
Suborder:
Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder:
Cicadomorpha
Superfamily:
Cicadoidea
Family:
Cicadidae
Subfamily:
Cicadettinae
Tribe:
Chlorocystini
Genus:
Cystosoma

Westwood, 1842
Species

See text.

References
  1. Moulds, Maxwell Sydney (30 April 2012). "A review of the genera of Australian cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea)". Zootaxa. 3287: 1–262 [67–88].


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