Family Cicadidae Latreille, 1802

Remarks. All extant cicadas except the two Australian species of Tettigarcta White, 1845 are members of the family Cicadidae . Cicadidae are distinguished by the pronotum being smaller than the mesonotum, a distinctive cruciform elevation is present, fused fore wing anal veins 2 and 3, males generally with timbal organs and abdominal resonating chamber, tympana present in both sexes, male sternite VII shielded ventrally by the genitalia, and the male pygofer has basal lobes (Moulds 2005).