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Wing-tapping Cicadas
Platypedia
Platypedia is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. There are at least 20 described species in Platypedia.
22 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Putnam's Cicada
speciesPlatypedia putnami

Salmonfly Cicada
speciesPlatypedia areolata

Minor Cicada
speciesPlatypedia minor

Platypedia similis
speciesPlatypedia similis

Platypedia vanduzeei
speciesPlatypedia vanduzeei

Platypedia sylvesteri
speciesPlatypedia sylvesteri

Platypedia bernardinoensis
speciesPlatypedia bernardinoensis
Platypedia laticapitata
speciesPlatypedia laticapitata

Platypedia usingeri
speciesPlatypedia usingeri

Platypedia barbata
speciesPlatypedia barbata

Platypedia mohavensis
speciesPlatypedia mohavensis

Platypedia mariposa
speciesPlatypedia mariposa

Platypedia middlekauffi
speciesPlatypedia middlekauffi

Platypedia aperta
speciesPlatypedia aperta

Platypedia tomentosa
speciesPlatypedia tomentosa

Platypedia australis
speciesPlatypedia australis

Platypedia scotti
speciesPlatypedia scotti

Platypedia rufipes
speciesPlatypedia rufipes

Platypedia falcata
speciesPlatypedia falcata

Platypedia affinis
speciesPlatypedia affinis

Platypedia intermedia
speciesPlatypedia intermedia
Platypedia balli
speciesPlatypedia balli
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Platypedia in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 62048.