Genus

Cystosoma Westwood, 1842

Descendants and synonyms

Cicada (Cystosoma) Westwood, 1842a: 118.
type species by original monotypy Cicada (Cystosoma) saundersii Westwood, 1842
Cystosoma Westwood, 1842 in Agassiz, Erickson & Germar, 1842a: 7.

Cystoma [sic] Westwood, 1842 in Ryan, 1988a: 887.
Cystoma [sic] Westwood, 1842 (misspelling of Cicada (Cystosoma) Westwood, 1842) in Ryan, 1988a: 887.

Westwood, J.O. (1842a) Insectorm novorum centuria, auctore. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 9, 118–119.
Agassiz, J.L.R., Erickson, W.F. & Germar, E.F. (1842a) Nomina systematica generum Hemipterorum tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum disposita, adjectis auctoribus, libris in quibus reperiuntur, anno editionis, etymologia, et familiis, ad quas pertinent. In Nomenclator zoologicus, continens nomina systematica generum animalium tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum disposita, adjectis auctoribus, libris in quibus reperiuntur, anno editionis, etymologia, et familiis, ad quas pertinent, in singulis classibus. pp. 1–20.

Musgrave, A. (1953a) Seasonal occurence of cicadas. The Australian Museum Magazine, 11, 10–15.
Ryan, M.J. (1988a) Energy, calling and selection. American Zoologist, 28, 885–898.

type species by original monotypy of Cystosoma Westwood, 1842

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: κύστις, κύστη (cavity, cyst) + σῶμα (body)

No descendants observations found