Cicadetta

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Cicadetta
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Cicadetta radiator - National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Tribe: Cicadettini
Genus: Cicadetta
Kolenati, 1857
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Cicadetta calliope
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Cicadetta brevipennis

Cicadetta is a genus of generally small-bodied annual cicadas widespread across portions of the Palearctic, Indomalayan, and Afrotropical realms. [1] In older scientific and taxonomic literature, this genus was popularly referred to as Melampsalta. These cicadas occur in a diverse spectrum of habitats, although most taxa are typically associated with weedy meadows and tallgrass prairie ecosystems. Several related species from North America were recently transferred to the genus Cicadettana. [2]

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Many members of the genus inhabit Southern Europe, Greece, Anatolia, and coastal Mediterranean regions, and they have a long history of association with the civilizations of those areas; revered by many cultures for their complex, loud, and sometimes melodic courtship calls.

Most of the cicadas within this genus are classified by conservation groups as least concern, although many species are endemic to a particular isolated area or threatened by habitat loss primarily due to grazing.

Species

These 45 species belong to the genus Cicadetta: [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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Cicadidae, the true cicadas, is one of two families of cicadas, containing almost all living cicada species with more than 3,200 species worldwide.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cicadinae</span> Subfamily of true bugs

The Cicadinae are a subfamily of cicadas, containing the translucent cicadas. They are robust cicadas and many have gaudy colors, but they generally lack the butterfly-like opaque wing markings found in many species of the related Tibiceninae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tosenini</span> Tribe of true bugs

Tosenini is a tribe of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. There are at least 10 described species in Tosenini, found in the Palearctic and Indomalaya.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cryptotympanini</span> Tribe of true bugs

Cryptotympanini is a tribe of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. They are found in the Nearctic, Palearctic, Indomalaya, Oceania, and Afrotropics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dundubiini</span> Tribe of true bugs

The Dundubiini are a tribe of cicadas in the family Cicadidae, found in the Palearctic, Indomalaya, Australasia, and the Western Pacific. There are at least 180 described species in Dundubiini.

<i>Tibicen</i> Former genus of cicadas

Tibicen is a former genus name in the insect family Cicadidae that was originally published by P. A. Latreille in 1825 and formally made available in a translation by A. A. Berthold in 1827. The name was placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature in 2021. Certain European cicada species that were included by some authors in this genus at the time of its suppression are now listed under genus Lyristes Horváth, 1926. Other formerly-Tibicen species are placed in the tribe Cryptotympanini and include the genera Auritibicen Lee, 2015, Hadoa Moulds, 2015 Megatibicen Sanborn and Heath, 2016, and Neotibicen Hill and Moulds, 2015.

Orapa is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae, found in tropical Africa. About five described species are in Orapa. Orapa is the only genus of the tribe Orapini.

Plautilla is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae, found in the Neotropics. There are at least three described species in Plautilla.

Selymbria is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae, found in the Neotropics. There are about six described species in Selymbria.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tettigomyiinae</span> Subfamily of true bugs

Tettigomyiinae is a subfamily of cicadas in the family Cicadidae, found in tropical Africa. There are about 16 genera and at least 100 described species in Tettigomyiinae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chlorocystini</span> Tribe of true bugs

Chlorocystini is a tribe of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. There are at least 20 genera and 170 described species in Chlorocystini.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cicadatrini</span> Tribe of true bugs

Cicadatrini is a tribe of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. There are at least 120 described species in Cicadatrini.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cicadettini</span> Tribe of cicada insects

Cicadettini is a tribe of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. There are at least 110 genera and 520 described species in Cicadettini, found worldwide except for the Neotropics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lamotialnini</span> Tribe of true bugs

Lamotialnini is a tribe of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. There are about 19 genera and at least 90 described species in Lamotialnini, occurring worldwide except South America.

Taphurini is a tribe of cicadas in the family Cicadidae, found in the neotropics.

Pagiphora is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae, found in the western Palearctic. There are about five described species in Pagiphora.

Tettigomyiini is a tribe of cicadas in the family Cicadidae, found in Africa and Madagascar. There are about 8 genera and at least 60 described species in Tettigomyiini.

References

  1. ↑ Sanborn, Allen; Phillips, Polly (9 April 2013). "Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico". Diversity. 5 (2): 166–239. doi: 10.3390/d5020166 . ISSN   1424-2818.
  2. ↑ Marshall, David C.; Hill, Kathy B. R. (2017). "A new genus for North American Cicadetta species (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)". Zootaxa. 4306 (4): 537–550. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4306.4.5. ISSN   1175-5334.
  3. ↑ "Cicadetta". GBIF. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Cicadetta Kolenati, 1857". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "Cicadetta genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  6. ↑ Popple, L. W. "The Cicadas of Australia" . Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  7. ↑ Marshall, David C.; Moulds, Max; Hill, Kathy B. R.; Price, Benjamin W.; et al. (2018). "A molecular phylogeny of the cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) with a review of tribe and subfamily classification". Zootaxa. 4424 (1): 1–64. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4424.1.1. PMID   30313477. S2CID   52976455.
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