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Prasiini
Prasiini is a tribe of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. There are about 9 genera and at least 50 described species in Prasiini, found in tropical Africa, Australasia, and the Neotropics. Genera These five genera belong to the tribe Prasiini: * '' Arfaka'' Distant, 1905 * '' Jacatra'' Distant, 1905 * '' Lembeja'' Distant, 1892 * '' Mariekea'' Jong & Boer, 2004 * '' Prasia'' Stål, 1863 c g Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net References Further reading * * * * * * * * * * Cicadettinae Hemiptera tribes {{Cicadidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cicadidae
Cicadidae, the true cicadas,World Auchenorrhyncha Database: family Cicadidae Batsch, 1789 (retrieved 21 May 2025) is one of two families of cicadas. With about 519 genera and over 3,400 species worldwide, it contains most living cicada species, except for the two belonging to its sister taxon, the Tettigarctidae. Description Cicadas are large insects characterized by their membranous wings, triangular-formation of three ocelli on the top of their heads, and their short, bristle-like antennae.Ecology Communication Cicadas are known for the loud airborne sounds that males of most species make to attract mates. One member of this family, ''Brevisana brevis'', the "shrill thorntree cicada", is the loudest inse ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacatra (cicada) . There is at least one described species in ''Jacatra'', ''J. typica''.
''Jacatra'' is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae Cicadidae, the true cicadas,World Auchenorrhyncha Database: fam ... References Further reading * * * * Prasiini Cicadidae genera {{Cicadidae-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cicadettinae
Cicadettinae is a subfamily of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. About 230 genera and 1,200 described species are placed in the Cicadettinae. Tribes The following tribes belong to the subfamily Cicadettinae: # Aragualnini Sanborn, 2018 # Carinetini Distant, 1905 # Chlorocystini Distant, 1905 # Cicadatrini Distant, 1905 # Cicadettini Buckton, 1890 # Katoini Moulds & Marshall, 2018 # Lamotialnini Boulard, 1976 # Nelcyndanini Moulds & Marshall, 2018 # Pagiphorini Moulds & Marshall, 2018 # Parnisini Distant, 1905 # Pictilini Moulds & Hill, 2018 # Prasiini Matsumura, 1917 # Taphurini Distant, 1905 Note: the monogeneric tribe Hemidictyini is now placed in the Tibicininae Tibicininae is a subfamily of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. There are at least 140 described species in Tibicininae. They are found in the Neotropical realm, Neotropics, the Nearctic realm, Nearctic, and the Palearctic realm, Palearctic. Tib .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neotropical Realm
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropics, tropical Ecoregion#Terrestrial, terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate climate, temperate zone. Definition In biogeography, the Neotropic or Neotropical realm is one of the eight terrestrial realms. This realm includes South America, Central America, the Caribbean Islands, and southern North America. In Mexico, the Yucatán Peninsula and southern lowlands, and most of the east and west coastlines, including the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula are Neotropical. In the United States southern Florida and coastal Central Florida are considered Neotropical. The realm also includes temperate southern South America. In contrast, the Neotropical Phytochorion, Floristic Kingdom excludes southernmost South America, which instead is placed in the Antarctic Floristic Kingdom, Antarctic kingdom. The Neo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arfaka .
Species:
*'' Arfaka fulva''
*'' Arfaka hariola''
''Arfaka'' is a genus of true bugs belonging to the family Cicadidae Cicadidae, the true cicadas,World Auchenorrhyncha Database: fam ... References {{Taxonbar, from=Q107028799 Cicadidae ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prasia (cicada)
Prasiae or Prasiai (),Aristophanes, ''Pac.'' 242 or Prasia (Πρασία),''Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax'' p. 17 also known as Brasiae or Brasiai (Βρασιαί), was a town on the eastern coast of ancient Laconia, described by Pausanias as the farthest of the Eleuthero-Laconian places on this part of the coast, and as distant 200 stadia by sea from Cyphanta. The ''Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax'' speaks of it as a city and a harbour. Name of the city The name of the town was derived by the inhabitants from the noise of the waves (Βράζειν). Pausanias relates a story, found nowhere else in Greece, that Semele, after giving birth to her son by Zeus, was discovered by Cadmus and put with Dionysus into a chest, which was washed up by the waves at Prasiae. Semele, who was no longer alive when found, received a splendid funeral, but the Prasiaeans brought up Dionysus and changed the name of their town from Oreiatae or Oreiatai (Ὀρειάταί) to Brasiae. Later history It was an im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
