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Species Cicadettana texana

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 texana (Cicadettana texana)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cicadettana texana Marshall and Hill 2017

Cicadetta texana (Davis)

Orig. Comb: Melampsalta texana Davis 1936

Numbers

4 Nearctic spp. (1)

Range

c. TX to Gulf Coast (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

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 Bill Reynolds on 1 February, 2012 - 3:05pm
Additional contributions by Will Chatfield-Taylor, Mike Quinn
Last updated 31 July, 2020 - 4:46pm

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