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is complex. The aedeagus is sometimes membraneous and apparently ca- 
pable of great expansion. In other genera it is apparently tubular and not 
expansive. 
CLASSIRICATION ADOPTED 
The classification adopted in the present catalogue is a modification of 
the one proposed by Metcalf in 1938. 
Family FULGORIDAE 
Subfamily PHENACINAE 
Subfamily POIOCERINAE 
Tribe LYSTRINI 
Tribe PARALYSTRINI 
Tribe POIOCERINI 
Subtribe POIOCERINA 
Subtribe CALYPTOPROCTINA 
Tribe DlLOBURINI 
Subfamily AMYCLINAE 
Tribe AMYCLINI 
Tribe XOSOPHARINI 
Subfamily APHAENINAE 
Tribe ENCHOPHORINI 
Tribe APHAENINI 
Subfamily FlTLGORINAE 
Tribe LATERNARIINI 
Tribe FULGORINI 
Subtribe FULGORINA 
Subtribe ODONTOPTERINA 
Tribe ZANNINI 
Tribe ZAUMSEILIIN1 
HISTORICAL RESUME 
This family was first recognized as a group by Dumeril in 1820. Previous 
to that time species now placed in this family were described in the genus 
Cicada by Linnaeus in 1758. He described five species under his division of 
the genus Cicada called Noctilucae. Two of these species, laternaria and 
candelaria, are still retained in this family but the other three species are 
now placed in other families of the Homoptera. Whether Noctilucae should 
be considered as a subgenus of Cicada, as proposed by Linnaeus, is one of 
the unsettled points in nomenclature. It was apparently used as a generic 
name by Houttuyn in 1766, a year previous to the establishment of the 
genus Fulgora by Linnaeus, and two years later than Linnaeus’ description 
of the genus Laternaria. There has been a great deal of discussion as to the 
correct genotypes for these two genera. Elsewhere (Metcalf, 1938 Mus. 
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