Cystopsaltria

Cystopsaltria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Superfamily:	Cicadoidea
Family:	Cicadidae
Subfamily:	Cicadettinae
Tribe:	Chlorocystini
Genus:	Cystopsaltria ; Goding & Froggatt, 1904

Last updated September 21, 2025

Cystopsaltria is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae, subfamily Cicadettinae and tribe Chlorocystini. It is endemic to Australia. 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:^[3]^[2]

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

References

1 2 Goding, FW; Froggat, WW (1904). "Monograph of the Australian Cicadidae". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (3): 561–670 [661].
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.
↑ 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.

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[g&f1904-1] 1 2 Goding, FW; Froggat, WW (1904). "Monograph of the Australian Cicadidae". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (3): 561–670 [661].

[afd-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.

[popple-3] 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.

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