''Cicadetta'' is a genus of generally small-bodied annual cicadas widespread across portions of the

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, Indomalayan, and

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realms. In older scientific and

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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''.Marshall, D. C., and Hill, K. B. R. 2017. A new genus for North American Cicadetta species (Hemiptera: Cicadidae). Zootaxa 4306(4): 537-550. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4306.4.5 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

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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'': * '' Cicadetta abscondita'' Lee, 2008 * '' Cicadetta afghanistanica'' Dlabola, 1964 * '' Cicadetta albipennis'' Fieber, 1876 * '' Cicadetta anapaistica'' Hertach, 2011 * '' Cicadetta brevipennis'' Fieber, 1876 * '' Cicadetta cantilatrix'' Sueur & Puissant, 2007 * '' Cicadetta cerdaniensis'' Puissant & Boulard, 2000 * '' Cicadetta chaharensis'' (Kato, 1938) * '' Cicadetta concinna'' (Germar, 1821) * '' Cicadetta diminuta'' Horváth, 1907 * '' Cicadetta dirfica'' Gogala, Trilar & Drosopoulos, 2011 * '' Cicadetta fangoana'' Boulard, 1976 * '' Cicadetta fraseri'' (China, 1938) * '' Cicadetta haematophleps'' Fieber, 1876 * '' Cicadetta hageni'' Fieber, 1872 * '' Cicadetta hannekeae'' Gogala, Drosopoulos & Trilar, 2008 * '' Cicadetta hodoharai'' (Kato, 1940) * '' Cicadetta inglisi'' (Ollenbach, 1929) * '' Cicadetta inserta'' Horváth, 1911 * '' Cicadetta intermedia'' (Ollenbach, 1929) * '' Cicadetta juncta'' (Walker, 1850) * '' Cicadetta kissavi'' Gogala, Drosopoulos & Trilar, 2009 * '' Cicadetta kollari'' Fieber, 1876 * '' Cicadetta konoi'' (Kato, 1937) * '' Cicadetta laevifrons'' (Stål, 1870) * '' Cicadetta macedonica'' Schedl, 1999 * '' Cicadetta mediterranea'' Fieber, 1876 * '' Cicadetta minuta'' (Ollenbach, 1929) * ''

Cicadetta montana ''Cicadetta montana'' (also known as the New Forest cicada) is a species of '' Cicadetta'' found throughout Europe and in parts of Asia. It is regarded as endangered over large parts of Europe, and has vanished from several areas in Western Eu ...

'' (Scopoli, 1772) * '' Cicadetta nigropilosa'' Logvinenko, 1976 * '' Cicadetta olympica'' Gogala, Drosopoulos & Trilar, 2009 * '' Cicadetta pellosoma'' (Uhler, 1861) * '' Cicadetta petrophila'' Popov, Arnov & Sergeeva, 1985 * '' Cicadetta petryi'' Schumacher, 1924 * '' Cicadetta pieli'' (Kato, 1940) * '' Cicadetta pilosa'' Horváth, 1901 * '' Cicadetta podolica'' (Eichwald, 1830) * '' Cicadetta shansiensis'' (Esaki & Ishihara, 1950) * '' Cicadetta sibillae'' Hertach & Trilar, 2015 * '' Cicadetta transylvanica'' Fieber, 1876 * '' Cicadetta tumidifrons'' Horváth, 1911 * '' Cicadetta tunisiaca'' (Karsch, 1890) * '' Cicadetta ventricosa'' (Stål, 1866) * '' Cicadetta viridicincta'' (Ashton, 1912) * '' Cicadetta walkerella'' Kirkaldy, 1909

References

* Gogala, M. ; T. Trilar & S. Drosopoulos, 2011: Two new species and a new genus of Cicadettini (Hemiptera, Cicadidae) from the Greek island of Evia. ''Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift'' 58 (1): 105-117. Abstract: . * Hertach, T. 2011: Spectacular song pattern from the Sicilian Mountains: The new cicada species ''Cicadetta anapaistica'' sp. n. (Hemiptera: Cicadidae). '' Zootaxa'', 2771: 25-40

* Sanborn, A.F. 2009: A new species of ''Cicadetta'' (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadidae) from Hispaniola. ''Caribbean journal of science'', 45(1): 1-7. *T. Hertach et al., 2015: "Songs, genetics, and morphology: revealing the taxonomic units in the European Cicadetta cerdaniensis cicada group, with a description of new taxa (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)", Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 173, Issue 2, pages 320–351, .

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q5119332 Taxa named by Friedrich August Rudolph Kolenati Cicadettini Cicadidae genera