SONGS OF EUROPEAN
SINGING CICADAS /
NAPEVI EVROPSKIH
ŠKRŽADOV

Cicadetta petryi Schumacher, 1924

Cicadetta petryi calling song,
Switzerland: Mt. San Giorgio, recorded by Thomas Hertach.

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

<em>Cicadetta petryi</em> male,<br>Switzerland: Arnex-sur-Orbe, photo Thomas Hertach.

<em>Cicadetta petryi</em> copulation<br>Switzerland: Geneva, photo Thomas Hertach.

<em>Cicadetta petryi</em>, locus typicus with dry pastures,<br>Germany: Thuringia: Kyffhäuser, photo Thomas Hertach.

<em>Cicadetta petryi</em>, extraordinary habitat with extensive pastures with the European Larch (<em>Larix decidua</em>) at 1500 m a.s.l.<br>Italy: Aosta: Val de Cogne, photo Thomas Hertach.

References:

Boulard M. (1995) Postures de cymbalisation, cymbalisations et cartes d’identité acoustique des cigales. 1.- Généralités et espèces méditerranéenes (Homoptera Cicadoidea).- EPHE (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes), Biolgie et Evolion des Insectes 7/8: 1-72. PDF
(under the name Cicadetta 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., 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

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