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Genus of true bugs

Cystosoma
Cystosoma saundersii specimen in the Australian Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Cicadomorpha
Superfamily: Cicadoidea
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadettinae
Tribe: Chlorocystini
Genus: Cystosoma
Westwood, 1842
Species

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Cystosoma is a genus of cicada in of the Cicadinae subfamily native to Australia. Two species have been described.

A Bladder Cicada (Cystosoma saundersii) camouflaging itself as a leaf.
A Bladder Cicada (Cystosoma saundersii) camouflaging itself as a leaf. Bladder Cicadas are one of two species of Cystosoma described.

References

  1. Moulds, Maxwell Sydney (30 April 2012). "A review of the genera of Australian cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea)". Zootaxa. 3287: 1–262 . doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3287.1.1.
Taxon identifiers
Cystosoma


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