Tettigarcta

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Tettigarcta
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Tettigarcta crinita
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Tettigarctidae
Genus: Tettigarcta
White, 1845

Tettigarcta is a genus of cicadas in the family Tettigarctidae. There are two described species in Tettigarcta, one found in mainland Australia and one on the island of Tasmania. [1] [2] [3] [4] These two species are the only living species of the family Tettigarctidae, the rest being extinct. [5] They are around 3.5 to 4.5 centimetres in length. The species are active at night and are attracted to light, and rest under loose bark during the day. Unlike other cicadas, they do not make loud calls, but produce low intensity sounds transmitted through the substrate they are attached to, similar to other members of Auchenorrhyncha. [6]

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Species

These two species belong to the genus Tettigarcta:

Data sources: i = ITIS, [1] c = Catalogue of Life, [7] g = GBIF, [2] b = Bugguide.net [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Tettigarcta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
  2. 1 2 "Tettigarcta". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
  3. 1 2 "Genus Tettigarcta Information". gbif.org. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
  4. ↑ 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. Magnolia Press. 4424 (1): 1–64. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4424.1.1 . PMID   30313477.
  5. ↑ Moulds, M.S. (2018). "Cicada fossils (Cicadoidea: Tettigarctidae and Cicadidae) with a review of the named fossilised Cicadidae". Zootaxa. 4438: 443–470. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.2 . PMID   30313130.
  6. ↑ Claridge, Michael F.; Morgan, John C.; Moulds, Maxwell S. (December 1999). "Substrate-transmitted acoustic signals of the primitive cicada, Tettigarcta crinita Distant (Hemiptera Cicadoidea, Tettigarctidae)". Journal of Natural History. 33 (12): 1831–1834. doi:10.1080/002229399299752. ISSN   0022-2933.
  7. ↑ "Browse Tettigarcta". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-08-23.


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