''Psaltoda'' is a genus of cicada found in eastern Australia. Originally described by Carl Stål, the

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...

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Psaltoda moerens ''Psaltoda moerens'', commonly known as the redeye, is an Australian species of cicada. It is distributed through the south-east of Australia, from southern Queensland to South Australia, as well as Tasmania.

'' known as the redeye, and '' P. plaga'' is a well-known species from eastern Australia, known as the black prince. Fifteen species are recognised. Relationships of the species with each other remains unclear.

Species

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Psaltoda adonis ''Psaltoda adonis'', commonly known as the forest demon, is a species of cicada native to Queensland in eastern Australia. It was described by Howard Ashton Julian Howard Ashton (9 August 1877 – 30 April 1964), often referred to as Howard As ...

'' Ashton, 1914 - forest demon * ''

Psaltoda antennetta ''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 p ...

'' Moulds, 2002 - clubbed sage * ''

Psaltoda aurora ''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 p ...

'' Distant, 1881 - red roarer * ''

Psaltoda brachypennis ''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 p ...

'' Moss and Moulds, 2000 - phantom knight * ''

Psaltoda claripennis ''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 p ...

'' Ashton, 1921 - clanger * '' Psaltoda flavescens'' Distant, 1892 - golden knight * ''

Psaltoda fumipennis ''Psaltoda fumipennis'', commonly known as the smoking sage, is a species of cicada native to Queensland in eastern Australia. It was described by Howard Ashton Julian Howard Ashton (9 August 1877 – 30 April 1964), often referred to as Howar ...

'' Ashton, 1912 - smoky sage * ''

Psaltoda harrisii ''Psaltoda harrisii'', commonly known as the yellowbelly, is a species of cicada native to eastern Australia. It can be distinguished from the similar but larger Black prince (''Psaltoda plaga ''Psaltoda plaga'' is a species of cicada native t ...

'' (Leach, 1814) - yellowbelly * ''

Psaltoda insularis ''Psaltoda insularis'', commonly known as the Lord Howe Island cicada, is a species of cicada native to Lord Howe Island. It was described by Howard Ashton Julian Howard Ashton (9 August 1877 – 30 April 1964), often referred to as Howard Ash ...

'' Ashton, 1914 * ''

Psaltoda maccallumi ''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 ...

'' Moulds, 2002 * ''

Psaltoda magnifica ''Psaltoda magnifica'', commonly known as the green baron, is a species of cicada The cicadas () are a superfamily, the Cicadoidea, of insects in the order Hemiptera (true bugs). They are in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, along with smaller ...

'' Moulds, 1984 - green baron * ''

'' (Germar, 1834) - redeye * ''

Psaltoda mossi ''Psaltoda mossi'' is a species of cicada The cicadas () are a superfamily, the Cicadoidea, of insects in the order Hemiptera (true bugs). They are in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, along with smaller jumping bugs such as leafhoppers and fr ...

'', Moulds, 2002 - little baron * '' Psaltoda pictibasis'' (Walker, 1858) - black friday * ''

Psaltoda plaga ''Psaltoda plaga'' is a species of cicada native to eastern Australia, from Maryborough in central Queensland to Bega in southern New South Wales. Adult cicadas appear over the summer and inhabit forested areas near bodies of water. The predomin ...

'' (Walker, 1850) - black prince

References

Psaltodini Hemiptera of Australia Cicadidae genera Taxa named by Carl Stål {{Cicadidae-stub