Cicada 蝉
（重定向自Cicadidae）
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![A 17-year cicada, Magicicada. Robert Evans Snodgrass, 1930[5]](/Images/godic/202501/04/Snodgrass_Magicicada_septendecim1843.jpg")
![Mesozoic fossil forewing of Mesogereon superbum, Australia](/Images/godic/202501/04/Mesogereon_superbum_21843.jpg")
![The giant cicada Prolystra lithographica from Germany. Jurassic, c. 150–145 mya.](/Images/godic/202501/04/Prolystra_lithographica1843.JPG")
The cicadas (/sɪˈkɑːdə/ or /sɪˈkeɪdə/) are a superfamily, the Cicadoidea, of insects in the order Hemiptera (true bugs). They are in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, along with smaller jumping bugs such as leafhoppers and froghoppers. It is divided into the Tettigarctidae, with two species in Australia, and Cicadidae, with more than 1,300 species described from around the world; many undescribed species remain.