''Zammara'' (from he, זַמָּר, zamár, lit=singer
[Amyot CJB, Audinet-Serville, JG (1843) Homoptères. Homoptera Latr. n''Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Deuxième partie'': 455-483. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, 676 pages.]) is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
cicada
The cicadas () are a superfamily, the Cicadoidea, of insects in the order Hemiptera (true bugs). They are in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, along with smaller jumping bugs such as leafhoppers and froghoppers. The superfamily is divided into two ...
s. These species are large cicadas that are generally bright blue-green in color.
[Goemans, G]
The Neotropical cicada genus ''Zammara'' (Hemiptera: Cicadidae), untangling the taxonomic knot, using DNA, morphology and song. (Abstract).
Graduate Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition, SysEB-4. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Knoxville. November 12, 2012. Like other cicadas, these can produce loud calls; ''
Zammara tympanum'', for example, makes a "winding up-like pulsating buzz."
[Young, A. F. (1981]
Notes on the population ecology of cicadas (Homoptera: Cicadidae) in the Cuesta Angel forest ravine of northeastern Costa Rica.
''Psyche'' 88 175-196. ''Zammara'' are found in the
Neotropics
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,
[Allen M. Young ] especially in
equator
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ial regions,
[ where they live in ]tropical forest
Tropical forests (a.k.a. jungle) are forested landscapes in tropical regions: ''i.e.'' land areas approximately bounded by the tropic of Cancer and Capricorn, but possibly affected by other factors such as prevailing winds.
Some tropical fores ...
habitat.[ The genus is characterized by tarsi (the "feet" of the insect) that are divided into 2 segments, or tarsomeres; other genera in the tribe have 3 tarsomeres in each tarsus.][Goemans, G. (2010)]
A historical overview of the classification of the Neotropical tribe Zammarini (Hemiptera, Cicadidae) with a key to genera.
''ZooKeys'' 43 1-13.
There are about 15[Maccagnan, D. H. B., et al. (2011)]
''Zammara smaragdula'' Walker, 1858 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae): First record for Brazil.
''CheckList'' 7(4) 563-64. or 16 species in the genus.[Sanborn, A. F. (2004)]
Two new ''Zammara'' species from South America (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadidae).
''The Florida Entomologist'' 87(3) 365-71.
Species include:[
*'']Zammara brevis
''Zammara'' (from he, זַמָּר, zamár, lit=singerAmyot CJB, Audinet-Serville, JG (1843) Homoptères. Homoptera Latr. n''Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Deuxième partie'': 455-483. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Par ...
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*''Zammara calochroma
''Zammara'' (from he, זַמָּר, zamár, lit=singerAmyot CJB, Audinet-Serville, JG (1843) Homoptères. Homoptera Latr. n''Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Deuxième partie'': 455-483. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, ...
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*'' Zammara erna''
*'' Zammara eximia''
*'' Zammara hertha''
*''Zammara intricata
''Zammara'' (from he, זַמָּר, zamár, lit=singerAmyot CJB, Audinet-Serville, JG (1843) Homoptères. Homoptera Latr. n''Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Deuxième partie'': 455-483. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, ...
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*''Zammara lichyi
''Zammara'' (from he, זַמָּר, zamár, lit=singerAmyot CJB, Audinet-Serville, JG (1843) Homoptères. Homoptera Latr. n''Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Deuxième partie'': 455-483. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, ...
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*''Zammara luculenta
''Zammara'' (from he, זַמָּר, zamár, lit=singerAmyot CJB, Audinet-Serville, JG (1843) Homoptères. Homoptera Latr. n''Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Deuxième partie'': 455-483. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, ...
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*''Zammara medialinea
''Zammara'' (from he, זַמָּר, zamár, lit=singerAmyot CJB, Audinet-Serville, JG (1843) Homoptères. Homoptera Latr. n''Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Deuxième partie'': 455-483. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, ...
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*''Zammara nigriplaga
''Zammara'' (from he, זַמָּר, zamár, lit=singerAmyot CJB, Audinet-Serville, JG (1843) Homoptères. Homoptera Latr. n''Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Deuxième partie'': 455-483. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, ...
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*''Zammara olivacea
''Zammara'' (from he, זַמָּר, zamár, lit=singerAmyot CJB, Audinet-Serville, JG (1843) Homoptères. Homoptera Latr. n''Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Deuxième partie'': 455-483. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, ...
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*''Zammara smaragdina
''Zammara'' (from he, זַמָּר, zamár, lit=singerAmyot CJB, Audinet-Serville, JG (1843) Homoptères. Homoptera Latr. n''Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Deuxième partie'': 455-483. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, ...
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*''Zammara smaragdula
''Zammara'' (from he, זַמָּר, zamár, lit=singerAmyot CJB, Audinet-Serville, JG (1843) Homoptères. Homoptera Latr. n''Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Deuxième partie'': 455-483. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, ...
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*''Zammara strepens
''Zammara'' (from he, זַמָּר, zamár, lit=singerAmyot CJB, Audinet-Serville, JG (1843) Homoptères. Homoptera Latr. n''Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Deuxième partie'': 455-483. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, ...
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*'' Zammara tympanum''
References
Zammarini
Cicadidae genera
Hemiptera of South America
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