Insecta - Hemiptera - Cicadidae
Alternative spelling: Cicadae
Synonym: Platypleurinae Schmidt 1918
Full reference: P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes, Tome Troisième 1-467
Parent taxon: Cicadidae according to M. Moulds et al. 2023
See also Becker-Migdisova 1954, Dmitriev 2020, Marshall et al. 2018, Moulds 2012, Moulds 2018, Moulds et al. 2022, Sanborn 2014, Zeuner 1941 and Zhang 1989
Sister taxa: Cicadettini, Tibicina
Subtaxa: Arenopsaltriini Burbungini Cicadini Cosmopsaltriini Dundubiini Fidicinini Leptopsaltriini Oncotympanini Platypleurini Polyneurini Psithyristriini Sonatini Tacuini Taphurini
Type: Cicada
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (4 collections)
• Pliocene of Germany (3), Japan (1)
• Miocene of Australia (1), China (2), Croatia (2), the Dominican Republic (1), France (1), Germany (1), Japan (3), the Russian Federation (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado)
• Paleocene of France (1)
Total: 24 collections including 29 occurrences