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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 camerona

Species Cicadettana camerona

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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 camerona (Cicadettana camerona)
Other Common Names
Cameron County Cicadetta
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cicadettana camerona Marshall and Hill 2017
Cicadetta camerona (Davis)
Orig. Comb: Melampsalta camerona Davis 1920
Numbers
4 Nearctic spp. (1)
Identification
Song is a fast train of sharp, resonant pulses.
Range
southmost TX - Map (1)(2), Cicadetta camerona has the most limited known range
Habitat
Calls from shrubs and grasses.
Remarks
Type Locality: Brownsville, Cameron Co., Texas
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
Davis, W.T. 1920. North American cicadas belonging to the genera Platypedia and Melampsalta. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 28: 95–135. (Full Text)
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
Cicadas of the United States and Canada, East of the 100th Meridian - David C. Marshall and Kathy Hill
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.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Bill Reynolds on 1 February, 2012 - 3:05pm
Additional contributions by Will Chatfield-Taylor, Mike Quinn
Last updated 31 July, 2020 - 4:47pm

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