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Species Cicadettana kansa

Cicadetta kansa, dorsal - Cicadettana kansa - female Cicadetta kansa, lateral - Cicadettana kansa - female Cicadetta kansa, ventral - Cicadettana kansa - female Cicadetta kansa, anterior - Cicadettana kansa - female Cicadetta kansa, dorsal spread - Cicadettana kansa - female Cicadetta calliope possibly in grass - Cicadettana kansa Cicadetta kansa - Cicadettana kansa
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (True Hoppers)
Infraorder Cicadomorpha (Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers)
Superfamily Cicadoidea (Cicadas)
Family Cicadidae (Cicadas)
Subfamily Cicadettinae
Tribe Cicadettini
Genus Cicadettana (Small Grass Cicadas)
Species kansa (Cicadettana kansa)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cicadettana kansas Marshall and Hill 2017
Cicadetta kansa (Davis)
Orig. Comb: Melampsalta kansa Davis 1919
Numbers
4 Nearctic spp. (1)
Identification
C. kansa is characteristically a pale green coloration and distinguished from the similar C. calliope by having only 4 or 5 apical cells in the hind wing; there are typically 6 in C. calliope.
Range
southern Great Plains to c. TX (NM-LA-NE-CO) (1)
See Also
Cicadetta calliope (Walker 1850)
Cicadetta calliope
RANGE: e. US

Cicadetta calliope floridensis (Davis 1920)
Cicadetta calliope floridensis
NOTE: C. calliope floridensis has a very different call from other pop's of C. calliope.
RANGE: mostly restricted to Florida

Cicadetta camerona (Davis 1920)
Cicadetta camerona
RANGE: southmost Texas

Cicadetta kansa (Davis 1919)
Cicadetta kansa
RANGE: s. and c. Great Plains

Cicadetta texana (Davis 1936)
Cicadetta texana
RANGE: c. TX to Gulf Coast
Print References
Marshall, D.C. and Hill, K.B.R. 2017. A new genus for North American Cicadetta species (Hemiptera: Cicadidae). Zootaxa 4306: 537-550
Internet References
Insect Singers, Sound files for 5 North American Cicadetta species can be found here - best site for sound files!
Insect Singers, Sound files for the eastern species
Insect Singers, Sound files for the western species

Cicadetta kansa in Oklahoma
Works Cited
1.Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico.
Sanborn, A.F., and P.K. Phillips. 2013. Diversity 5: 166–239.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 29 September, 2008 - 9:59pm
Additional contributions by Will Chatfield-Taylor, Mike Quinn, Bill Reynolds
Last updated 31 July, 2020 - 4:47pm

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