Cicadetta petryi :: European Cicadas

Cicadetta petryi Schumacher, 1924


Selection of calling song of Cicadetta petryi recorded by T. Hertach at Mount San Giorgio, Switzerland


Cicadetta petryi, same as above but frequency reduced by 50% for easy listening...

<em>Cicadetta petryi</em> from Arnex-sur-Orbe, Switzerland - photo T.Hertach
<em>Cicadetta petryi</em> copulation - Geneva, Switzerland - photo T. Hertach
Dry pastures in the Kyffhäuser (Thuringia, Germany), locus typicus of <em>Cicadetta petryi</em> - photo T.Hertach
Extensive pastures with the European Larch (<em>Larix decidua</em>) at 1500 m (asl) in Val de Cogne, Aosta, Italy, extraordinary habitat of <em>Cicadetta petryi</em>

References:
Boulard M., 1995. Postures de cymbalisation, cymbalisations et cartes d’identité acoustique des cigales. 1.- Généralités et espèces méditerranéenes (Homoptera Cicadoidea). EPHE Biol. Evol. Insectes 7/8: 1-72.PDF
(under the name C. montana!).

Hertach, T. (2007). "Three species instead of only one: Distribution and ecology of the Cicadetta montana species complex (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea) in Switzerland." Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 80: 37-61. PDF

Hertach T, Puissant S, Gogala M, Trilar T, Hagmann R, Baur H, et al. (2016). Complex within a Complex: Integrative Taxonomy Reveals Hidden Diversity in Cicadetta brevipennis (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) and Unexpected Relationships with a Song Divergent Relative. PLoS ONE 11(11): e0165562. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0165562
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0165562

Schumacher F. Auftreten der Bergzikaden in der Mark Brandenburg und Übersicht über die deutschen Formen (Hem. Homopt.). Berl. Entomol Z. 1924; 4: 329–334.

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