Dundubia vaginata[1] is the type species in its genus, sometimes called the jade-green cicada[2] (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) in the tribe Dundubiini.

[4] The recorded distribution is widespread throughout SE Asia: from India and China to Japan, Thailand, Malesia, through to Sulawesi and northern Australia.

The upper part of the clypeus is twice as wide at the base as the anterior lateral margins of the vertex.

[5] The opercula are spoon-shaped not curved laterally and its end is rounded; twice as long as wide and not strongly constricted.

[5] The life cycle of Dundubia vaginata is completed by the emergence of the imago, which lives for one to two months and is periodic.