Cicadetta brevipennis brevipennis Fieber, 1876
Italy: Tuscany: Apennine Mountains, Monte Amiata, recorded by Thomas Hertach.
same recording as above with frequency reduced by 50% for easy listening!
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. PDF
*The exact identity of Cicadetta brevipennis from Romania has still to be investigated.