Genus Cicadula Zetterstedt, 1840

Cicadula Zetterstedt, 1840:296 . Type species: Cicada quadrinotata Fabricius, 1794 . Designated by Woodworth, 1888:76.

Diagnosis. Body elongate, relatively slender. Head broader than pronotum. Clypellus wider at apex. Antennae long. Forewings narrow, long. Fore tibia with five setae, one on anterioventral and four on dorsal row. Male subgenital plate short, rounded apically, macrosetae one row, more or less abruptly turning off mesad. Male pygofer deeply excised dorsally, anal tube long and well sclerotized dorsally (Ossiannisllon, 1983, as cited in Viraktamath & Yeshwanth, 2017).

Distribution. Nearctic, Neotropical, Palearctic, and Oriental regions (Dmitriev, 2003).