Cystosoma

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Cystosoma
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Cystosoma saundersii specimen in the Australian Museum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadettinae
Tribe: Chlorocystini
Genus: Cystosoma
Westwood, 1842
Species [1]

Cystosoma is a genus of cicada in of the Cicadinae subfamily native to Australia. Two species have been described. [2]

A bladder cicada (Cystosoma saundersii) camouflaging itself as a leaf. Bladder cicadas are one of two species of Cystosoma described. Bladder Cicada (Cystosoma saundersii).jpg
A bladder cicada (Cystosoma saundersii) camouflaging itself as a leaf. Bladder cicadas are one of two species of Cystosoma described.

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References

  1. Dmitriev, D.A.; Anufriev, G.A.; Bartlett, C.R.; et al. (eds.). "Cystosoma Westwood, 1842". World Auchenorrhyncha Database. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  2. Moulds, Maxwell Sydney (30 April 2012). "A review of the genera of Australian cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea)". Zootaxa. 3287: 1–262 [67–88]. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3287.1.1.