Venustria
| Venustria | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Superfamily: | Cicadoidea |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Subfamily: | Cicadettinae |
| Tribe: | Chlorocystini |
| Genus: | Venustria Goding & Froggatt, 1904[1][2] |
Venustria is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae, subfamily Cicadettinae and tribe Chlorocystini. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1904 by entomologists Frederic Webster Goding and Walter Wilson Froggatt.[1][2]
Species
As of 2025 there was one valid species in the genus:[3][2]
- Venustria superba Golding & Froggatt, 1904 (Frog Cicada)
References
- ^ a b Goding, FW; Froggat, WW (1904). "Monograph of the Australian Cicadidae". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (3): 561–670 [596–597].
- ^ a b c "Genus Venustria Goding & Froggatt, 1904". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2025. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
- ^ L.W. Popple (2025). "Genus Venustria Goding and Froggatt, 1904". A web guide to the cicadas of Australia. Popple Creative Industries. Retrieved 2025-09-20.