Yoyetta

Yoyetta
Yoyetta robertsonae, Victoria, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadidae
Subfamily:	Cicadettinae
Tribe:	Cicadettini
Genus:	Yoyetta Moulds, 2012

Yoyetta celis, Victoria, Australia

Yoyetta is a genus of cicadas, mostly known as ambertails or firetails, in the family Cicadidae. The genus was erected in 2012 to accommodate nine Australian species previously assigned to the genus Cicadetta. ^{[1] [2]} The genus is native to Australia. ^{[1] [3] [4]}

Species

As of 2025 there were 39 described species:

• Yoyetta aaede (F.Walker, 1850) (Adelaide Firetail)
• Yoyetta abdominalis (Distant, 1892) (Golden-haired Firetail)
• Yoyetta australicta Popple & Emery, 2022 (Southern Ticking Ambertail)
• Yoyetta bushi Emery, 2025
• Yoyetta celis (Moulds, 1988) (Silver Princess)
• Yoyetta corbinorum Emery, 2025
• Yoyetta corindi Popple & Emery, 2022 (North Coast Ambertail)
• Yoyetta crepita Emery, 2025
• Yoyetta cumberlandi Emery, Emery & Popple, 2015 (Cumberland Ambertail)
• Yoyetta darug Emery, Emery & Popple, 2025 (Sydney Ticking Ambertail)
• Yoyetta delicata Popple & Emery, 2022 (Delicate Ambertail)
• Yoyetta denisoni (Distant, 1893) (Black Firetail)
• Yoyetta douglasi Popple & Emery, 2020 (Grampians Firetail)
• Yoyetta electrica Emery, Emery & Popple, 2019 (Rattling Firetail)
• Yoyetta enigmatica Popple & Emery, 2020 (Restless Firetail)
• Yoyetta fluviatilis Emery, Emery & Popple, 2015 (River Ambertail)
• Yoyetta fumea Emery, Emery & Popple, 2025 (Smoky-winged Ambertail)
• Yoyetta grandis Emery, Emery & Popple, 2019 Red-eyed Firetail)
• Yoyetta humphreyae Moulds & Popple, 2018 (Varied Ambertail)
• Yoyetta hunterorum (Moulds, 1988) (Sydney Treetop Ticker)
• Yoyetta ignita Popple & Emery, 2022 Fiery Ambertail)
• Yoyetta incepta (F.Walker, 1850) (False Ambertail)
• Yoyetta kershawi (Goding & Froggatt, 1904) (Victorian Firetail)
• Yoyetta landsboroughi (Distant, 1882) (Small Bassian Ambertail)
• Yoyetta loftyensis Popple & Emery, 2020 (Mount Lofty Firetail)
• Yoyetta nathani Emery, 2025
• Yoyetta ngarabal Popple & Emery, 2020 (Glade Firetail)
• Yoyetta nigrimontana Emery, Emery & Popple, 2015 (Small Southern Ambertail)
• Yoyetta psammitica Emery, Emery & Popple, 2025 (Sandstone Ambertail)
• Yoyetta regalis Emery, Emery & Popple, 2019 (Red Ringer)
• Yoyetta repetens Emery, Emery & Popple, 2015 (Zipping Ambertail)
• Yoyetta robertsonae Moulds, Popple & Emery, 2020 (Clicking Ambertail)
• Yoyetta robusta Popple & Emery, 2022 (Robust Ambertail)
• Yoyetta serrata Emery, Emery & Popple, 2019 (Serrated Firetail)
• Yoyetta spectabilis Emery, Emery & Popple, 2019 (Wavering Firetail)
• Yoyetta subalpina Emery, Emery & Popple, 2019 (Subalpine Firetail)
• Yoyetta timothyi Emery, Emery & Popple, 2019 (Brown Firetail)
• Yoyetta tristrigata (Goding & Froggatt, 1904) (Tropical Ambertail)
• Yoyetta verrens Emery, Emery & Popple, 2019 (Sweeping Firetail)

References

1. Emery, David L.; Emery, Nathan J.; Popple, Lindsay W. (2019). "A Revision of the Yoyetta abdominalis (Distant) Species Group of Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae), Introducing Eight New Species". Records of the Australian Museum. 71 (7). The Australian Museum: 277–347. doi: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.71.2019.1720 .
2. Moulds, Maxwell Sydney; Popple, Lindsay W.; Emery, David L. (2020-03-01). "A new species of Yoyetta Moulds from south-eastern Australia with notes on relationships within the Yoyetta tristrigata species group (Hemiptera, Cicadidae, Cicadettini)". Australian Entomologist. 47 (1): 25–38.
3. Popple, L. W. "The Cicadas of Australia" . Retrieved 2019-07-02.
4. "Yoyetta". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-11-14.

Further reading

• Moulds, M. S. (2012). "A review of the genera of Australian cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3287 (1): 1. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3287.1.1 . ISBN   978-1-86977-890-3.
• Moulds, M. S. (2005). "An Appraisal of the Higher Classification of Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea) with Special Reference to the Australian Fauna" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 57 (3): 375–446. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1447. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
• Moulds, M. S. (2018). "Cicada fossils (Cicadoidea: Tettigarctidae and Cicadidae) with a review of the named fossilised Cicadidae". Zootaxa. 4438 (3): 443–470. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.2 . PMID   30313130.
• 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.