Cicadetta brevipennis brevipennis :: European Cicadas

Cicadetta brevipennis brevipennis Fieber, 1876


Cicadetta brevipennis brevipennis calling song,
Italy: Monte Amiata, recorded by Thomas Hertach.


Cicadetta brevipennis brevipennis calling song,
same recording as above with frequency reduced by 50% for easy listening!



<em>C. brevipennis</em>, male
<em>C. brevipennis</em>, Lukovica pri Br., Slovenia - photo M.G.
Oak forests of the foothills (Monte Amiata, Tuscany, Italy), typical habitat of <em>Cicadetta brevipennis</em> in the Apennine Mountains - photo T.Hertach

References:

Gogala M., Trilar T. (2004) Bioacoustic investigations and taxonomic consideration on the Cicadetta montana species complex (Homoptera: Cicadoidea: Tibicinidae).- Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 76 (2): 316-324. PDF

Hertach T., Puissant S., Gogala M., Trilar T., Hagmann R., Baur H., Kunz G., Wade E.J., Loader S.P., Simon C., Nagel P. (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

Trilar, T., Gogala M., Popa V. (2006) Contribution to the knowledge of the singing cicadas (Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadoidea) of Romania.- Acta entomologica slovenica 14 (2): 175-182. PDF

Trilar T., Holzinger W.E. (2004) Bioakustische Nachweise von drei Arten des Cicadetta montana Komplexes aus Österreich (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadoidea).- Linzer biol. Beitr. 36 (2): 1383-1386.

*The exact identity of C. brevipennis from Romania has still to be investigated.

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