The species of Cicadidae (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha) from Taiwan are taxonomically reviewed. In this paper, 20 species belonging to nine genera in cicadine tribes, Platypleurini, Tibicenini, Polyneurini, and Dundubiini (subtribe Dundubiina) are included. Cosmopsaltria montana Kato, 1927 is synonymized with Macrosemia kareisana (Matsumura, 1907). Information on the biology and the male chirping of most species including two oscillograms are provided. Information on the distribution of all known species is given.

• Lee, Young-June(Laboratory of Insect Systematics, School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University)
• Hayashi, Masami(Department of Biology, Faculty of Education, Saitama University)