Cystosoma

Cystosoma
Cystosoma saundersii specimen in the Australian Museum
Scientific classification
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 saundersii (Westwood, 1842) Cystosoma schmeltzi Distant, 1882

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.

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.