Paradina leichardti

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cicadoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Auchenorrhyncha Infraordo: Cicadomorpha Superfamilia: Cicadoidea

Familia: Cicadidae
Subfamilia: Cicadettinae
Tribus: Cicadettini
Genus: Paradina
Species (1): P. leichardti

Name

Paradina leichardti (Distant, 1882: 132)

• Type locality: Australia: Peak Downs.

Synonymy

• Melampsalta leichardti Distant, 1882: 132, pl. VII, fig 5, 5a, 5b [org. comb.]
  • Pauropsalta leichardti (Distant): Goding & Froggatt, 1904: 566 [comb. nov.]
  • Urabunana leichardti (Distant): Distant, 1906: 181 [comb. nov.]
  • Paradina leichardti (Distant): Moulds, 2012: 170 [comb. nov.]
• Urabunana segmentaria Distant, 1905: 274 [syn. in Moulds, 2012: 170]

Native distribution areas

Australia (Queensland).

References

Primary references

• Distant, W.L. 1882. On some undescribed Cicadidae from Australia and the Pacific region. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882(1), 125–134, pl. VII. BHL [original description: p. 132]
• Moulds, M.S. 2012. A review of the genera of Australian cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea). Zootaxa 3287(1): 1–262. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3287.1.1 . ISBN 978-1-86977-889-7 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-86977-890-3 (online edition). Reference page.  [comb. nov.: p. 170, figs. 13a, 13b]

Additional references

• Moulds, M.S. & Marshall, D.C. 2025. New genera and species of cicadas from arid Australia (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae). Megataxa 17(1): 1–40. DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.17.1.1 . Reference page.  [A note on the phylogenetic relationships of Paradina leichardti (Distant, 1882): p. 36]