Cystosoma

Cystosoma is a genus of cicadas, also known as bladder cicadas, in the Cicadinae subfamily and native to Australia. Two species have been described.^[1]

Cystosoma
Cystosoma saundersii specimen in the Australian Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadidae
Subfamily:	Cicadettinae
Tribe:	Chlorocystini
Genus:	Cystosoma Westwood, 1842

Species

• Cystosoma saundersii (Westwood, 1842) (Bladder Cicada)
• Cystosoma schmeltzi Distant, 1882 (Lesser Bladder Cicada)

Cystosoma saundersii camouflaging itself as a leaf