''Tibiceninae'' is a historical
subfamily name from the insect 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 ...
(the true
cicadas
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 froghoppers. The superfamily is divided into two ...
). It was first used by Distant (1889).
As of 2021, the name became unavailable to zoological nomenclature due to the suppression of its type genus ''
Tibicen'' Berthold, 1827 by the
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.
Cicada genera grouped at the subfamily level with genus ''
Lyristes'' (the current name for the historical genus ''
Tibicen'') are generally referenced under the name
Cicadinae
The Cicadinae are a subfamily of cicadas, containing the translucent cicadas. They are robust cicadas and many have gaudy colors, but they generally lack the butterfly-like opaque wing markings found in many species of the related Tibiceninae.
...
Latreille, 1802.
References
Cicadidae
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