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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Cicadas (Cicadoidea) » Cicadas (Cicadidae) » Cicadettinae » Cicadettini » Small Grass Cicadas (Cicadettana) » Cicadettana calliope

Species Cicadettana calliope

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Cicadetta calliope (floridensis?) - Cicadettana calliope - female Small Cicada - Cicadettana calliope prairie cicada - Cicadettana calliope Very small cicada - Cicadettana calliope Cicadettana calliope - male Cicadettana calliope Cicadettana calliope - male Cicadettana calliope
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 calliope (Cicadettana calliope)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cicadetta calliope calliope Marshall and Hill 2017
Melampsalta calliope (Walker)
Orig. Comb: Cicada calliope Walker 1850
Numbers
4 Nearctic spp. (1)
Size
Total Length incl. wings < 1 inch (usually ~0.6 to 0.8 inches)
Identification
Small, and "narrower across the head" than other small cicadas
Compare with Pacarina & Beameria.

Color & Pattern: The coloration and degree of pattern may not be diagnostic to species!
Populations currently classified as "C. calliope" exhibit several color forms incl. monochromatic lime green (Peninsular FL and Gulf), olive green, yellowish, ochreous-tan, tan, pinkish-tan, peach and brown. The "typical cicada patterns" may be vivid, bold and well delineated or be pale to absent giving the insect a monochromatic appearance. The color forms are not diagnostic of locality; however, within given portions of the range, there may be tendencies for certain color forms to be more prevalent.

Call: The call is best described as a light "whine or hissing buzz".
The call of "floridensis" is distinct from that of other "calliope" populations and has a strong clicking component in addition to the light "whine/hissing buzz".
Range
e. US (TX-FL-MD-NE) (1)
Remarks
Initial info for this guide page taken from Dr Hamilton's remarks under this image
(Please refer to the thumbnail image below for details regarding Dr. Hamilton's comments):
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 Hannah Nendick-Mason on 28 May, 2008 - 3:45pm
Additional contributions by Will Chatfield-Taylor, Mike Quinn, Bill Reynolds
Last updated 31 July, 2020 - 4:49pm

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