Psaltoda is a genus of cicada found in eastern Australia. Originally described by Carl Stål, the type species is Psaltoda moerens known as the redeye, and P. plaga is a well-known species from eastern Australia, known as the black prince.[1] Fifteen species are recognised.[2] Relationships of the species with each other remains unclear.[3]

Psaltoda
Psaltoda harrisii and Psaltoda flavescens specimens at the Australian Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Tribe: Psaltodini
Genus: Psaltoda
Stål

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Moulds, Maxwell Sydney (1990). Australian Cicadas. Kensington, NSW: New South Wales University Press. p. 74. ISBN 0-86840-139-0.
  2. ^ Moulds, Maxwell Sydney (30 April 2012). "A Review of the Genera of Australian Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea)". Zootaxa. 3287: 1–262 [192–94]. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3287.1.1.
  3. ^ Moulds, Maxwell Sydney (2002). "Three New Species of Psaltoda Stål from Eastern Australia (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae)" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 54 (3): 325–34. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.54.2002.1370. ISSN 0067-1975.