Platypleurini

Platypleurini Temporal range: Eocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Platypleura divisa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Superfamily:	Cicadoidea
Family:	Cicadidae
Subfamily:	Cicadinae
Tribe:	Platypleurini Schmidt, 1918
Synonyms [1]
List Hainanosemiaria Kato, 1927 Hainanosemiiti [sic] Distant, 1905 Hamzaini Distant, 1905 Hamzaini [sic] Distant, 1905 Hamzaria Distant, 1905 Orapini Boulard, 1985 Platypleuraria Schmidt, 1918 Platypleurinae Schmidt, 1918 Platypleuriti [sic] Schmidt, 1918 Platypleurnae [sic] Schmidt, 1918

Yanga andriana

The Platypleurini are a tribe of cicadas from the Afrotropical and Indomalayan realms. ^[2] There are at least 240 described species in Platypleurini. ^{[3] [4]} The earliest member of the group is the fossil cicada Eoplatypleura , from the Eocene aged Messel Pit locality of Germany, which is also the oldest confirmed member of Cicadinae and one of the oldest Cicadids known from Eurasia. ^[5]

Genera

The following belong to the tribe Platypleurini: ^{[1] [3]}

1. Afzeliada Boulard, 1973
2. Albanycada Villet, 1989
3. Attenuella Boulard, 1973
4. Azanicada Villet, 1989
5. Brevisiana Boulard, 1973
6. Canualna Boulard, 1985
7. Capcicada Villet, 1989
8. Dyticopycna Sanborn, 2020
9. Eopycna Sanborn, 2020
10. Esada Boulard, 1973
11. Hainanosemia Kato, 1927
12. Hamza Distant, 1904
13. Ioba Distant, 1904
14. Kalabita Moulton, 1923
15. Karscheliana Boulard, 1990
16. Koma Distant, 1904
17. Kongota Distant, 1904
18. Muansa Distant, 1904
19. Munza Distant, 1904
20. Neoplatypleura Kato, 1926
21. Orapa Distant, 1905
22. Oxypleura Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
23. Planopleura Lee, 2024
24. Platypleura Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 (synonym TugelanaDistant, 1912)
25. Pycna Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
26. Sadaka Distant, 1904
27. Sechellalna Boulard, 2010
28. Severiana Boulard, 1973
29. Soudaniella Boulard, 1973
30. Strumosella Boulard, 1973
31. Strumoseura Villet, 1999
32. Suisha Kato, 1928
33. Tigripleura Lee, 2024
34. Ugada Distant, 1904
35. Umjaba Distant, 1904
36. Yanga Distant, 1904

References

1. World Auchenorrhyncha Database: tribe Platypleurini Schmidt, 1918 (retrieved 10 June 2025)
2. Moulds, M. S. (2005). "An appraisal of the higher classification of cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea) with special reference to the Australian fauna". Records of the Australian Museum. 57 (3): 375–446. doi: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1447 .
3. Marshall, David C.; Moulds, Max; Hill, Kathy B. R.; Price, Benjamin W.; et al. (2018). "A molecular phylogeny of the cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) with a review of tribe and subfamily classification" . Zootaxa. 4424 (1). Magnolia Press: 1–64. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4424.1.1. PMID   30313477.
4. "GBIF" . Retrieved 2018-07-03.
5. Jiang, Hui; Moulds, Maxwell S.; Blank, Stephan M.; Rust, Jes; Wedmann, Sonja (2025-04-29). "Sounds from the Eocene: the first singing cicada from the Messel Pit, Germany". Scientific Reports. 15 (1). doi:10.1038/s41598-025-94099-7. ISSN   2045-2322. PMC   12041498 . PMID   40301415.