SONGS OF EUROPEAN
SINGING CICADAS /
NAPEVI EVROPSKIH
ŠKRŽADOV

Tettigettalna argentata (Olivier, 1790)

Tettigettalna argentata, calling song,
Slovenija, recorded by Matija Gogala.

Tettigettalna argentata, same recording as above with frequency reduced by 50% for easy listening!

Tettigettalna argentata, calling song,
France, recorded by Jerome Sueur.

<em>Tettigettalna argentata</em> male, Slovenia, photo Matija Gogala.

<em>Tettigettalna argentata</em>, male sitting on the branch,<br>France, photo Stephane Puissant.

<em>Tettigettalna argentata</em> male, brightly coloured specimen,<br>France, photo Stephane Puissant.

<em>Tettigettalna argentata</em> male,<br>Italy: Aspromonte, photo Thomas Hertach.

Synonym: Tettigetta argentata (Olivier, 1790)

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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), Biologie et Evolution des Insectes 7/8: 1-72. PDF

Gogala M. (2002) Gesänge der Singzikaden aus Südost- und Mittel-Europa.- Denisia 04, Neue Folge, 176: 241-248.

Puissant S., Sueur J. (2010) A hotspot for Mediterranean cicadas (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadidae): new genera, species and songs from southern Spain.- Systematics and Biodiversity 8(4): 555–574. PDF

Sueur J., Puissant S., Simões P.C., Seabra S., Boulard M., Quartau J. (2004) Cicadas from Portugal: revised list of species with eco-ethological data (Hemiptera: Cicadidae).- Insect Syst. Evol. 35 (2): 177-187. PDF