Parnisini is a tribe of cicadas in the family
Cicadidae
Cicadidae, the true cicadas, is the largest family of cicadas, with more than 3,200 species worldwide. The oldest known definitive fossils are from the Paleocene, a nymph from the Cretaceous Burmese amber has been attributed to the family, but co ...
. There are more than 20 genera and 80 described species in Parnisini, found in the Neotropics, Palearctic, tropical Africa and Madagascar.
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Genera
The following genera belong to the tribe Parnisini:
* '' Abagazara'' Distant, 1905
* '' Acyroneura'' Torres, 1958
* '' Adeniana'' Distant, 1905
* '' Arcystasia'' Distant, 1882
* '' Bijaurana'' Distant, 1912
* '' Calopsaltria'' Stål, 1861
* '' Calyria'' Stål, 1862
* '' Crassisternalna'' Boulard, 1980
* '' Derotettix'' Berg, 1882
* '' Henicotettix'' Stål, 1858
* '' Jafuna'' Distant, 1912
* '' Kageralna'' Boulard, 2012
* ''Koranna
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'' Distant, 1905
* '' Luangwana'' Distant, 1914
* ''Lycurgus
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* Lycurgus (king of Sparta) (third century BC)
* Lycurgus (lawgiver) (eighth century BC), creator of constitution of Sparta
* Lycurgus of Athens (fourth century BC), one of the 'ten notable orators' ...
'' China, 1925
* '' Malgotilia'' Boulard, 1980
* '' Mapondera'' Distant, 1905
* '' Masupha'' Distant, 1892
* '' Parnisa'' Stål, 1862
* '' Prunasis'' Stål, 1862
* '' Psilotympana'' Stål, 1861
* '' Rhinopsalta'' Melichar, 1908
* '' Taipinga'' Distant, 1905
* '' Zouga'' Distant, 1906
References
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Cicadettinae
Hemiptera tribes
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