Zammarini

Distant, 1905

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Zammarini is a tribe of cicadas ( Cicadidae) comprising 21 across three subtribes. Members are native to the Americas, with greatest diversity in tropical and subtropical regions of the . The tribe is distinguished morphologically by a notably wide pronotum. Notable genera include Zammara, Odopoea, and Pachypsaltria.

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Pronunciation

How to pronounce Zammarini: /zæməˈraɪnaɪ/

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Identification

The tribe Zammarini can be distinguished from other tribes by the wide pronotum, a morphological trait consistently reported across member . Specific identification to genus or requires examination of additional characters not documented at the tribal level.

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Distribution

Native to the Americas, with distribution centered in tropical and subtropical regions of the . The 21 are distributed across this range, though specific country-level distributions vary by genus.

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Taxonomic composition

The World Auchenorrhyncha Database (April 2026) recognizes 21 in three subtribes: Borencona, Chinaria, Daza, Juanaria, Miranha, Odopoea, Onoralna, Orellana, Pachypsaltria, Procollina, Uhleroides, Zammara, and Zammaralna among others.

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