Macrotristria

Macrotristria
Macrotristria sylvara
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadidae
Subfamily:	Cicadinae
Tribe:	Macrotristriini
Genus:	Macrotristria Stål, 1870
Species
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Macrotristria is a genus of cicada in the Macrotristriini tribe of the Cicadinae subfamily. ^[1]

Species

As of 2025, twenty-one species were listed in the Australian Faunal Directory: ^[2]

• Macrotristria angularis (Germar, 1834) - cherrynose
• Macrotristria bindalia Burns, 1964 - corroboree cicada
• Macrotristria doddi Ashton, 1912 - Darwin whiner
• Macrotristria dorsalis Ashton, 1912 - little whiner
• Macrotristria douglasi Burns, 1964 - Kimberley whiner
• Macrotristria extrema (Distant, 1892) - western whiner
• Macrotristria frenchi Ashton, 1914 - northern steamer
• Macrotristria godingi Distant, 1907 - tiger cherrynose, tiger prince
• Macrotristria hieroglyphicalis (Kirkaldy, 1909) - Derby whiner
• Macrotristria intersecta (Walker, 1850) - corroboree cicada, green whizzer
• Macrotristria kabikabia Burns, 1964 - black cherrynose
• Macrotristria kathhillodes Olive, 2022 deafening cherrynose
• Macrotristria kulungura Burns, 1964 - coastal whiner
• Macrotristria lachlani Moulds, 1992 - Cape York cherrynose
• Macrotristria maculicollis Ashton, 1914 - false cherrynose
• Macrotristria monteithi Moulds, 2022 - Maranoa cherrynose
• Macrotristria stevewilsoni Popple, 2016 - Shoalwater cherrynose
• Macrotristria sylvara (Distant, 1901) - northern cherrynose
• Macrotristria thophoides Ashton, 1914 - false drummer
• Macrotristria worora Burns, 1964
• Macrotristria vittata Moulds, 1992 - Jardine River cherrynose

References

1. Moulds, Maxwell Sydney (30 April 2012). "A review of the genera of Australian cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea)" . Zootaxa. 3287: 1–262 [144]. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3287.1.1.
2. "Names List for Macrotristria Stål, 1870". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2025. Retrieved 2025-09-02.