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Tibicina quadrisignata (Hagen, 1855)

Tibicina quadrisignata, calling song, France: Pyrenees, recorded by Jerome Sueur.

Tibicina quadrisignata courtship song, France: Pyrenees, recorded by Jerome Sueur.

Tibicina quadrisignata rivalry sound, France: Pyrenees, recorded by Jerome Sueur.

<em>Tibicina quadrisignata</em>, male, France, photo Jerome Sueur.

<em>Tibicina quadrisignata</em> male, Switzerland: Valais, photo Thomas Hertach.

<em>Tibicina quadrisignata</em> portrait, photo Stephane Puissant.

<em>Tibicina quadrisignata</em>, typical habitat in southern France, photo Jerome Sueur.

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

Quartau, J. A., Simões P.C. (2003) Bioacoustic and morphological differentiation in two allopatric species of the genus Tibicina Amyot (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea) in Portugal.- Deutsche entomologische Zeitung, 50 : 113-119.

Sueur J. (2003) Indirect and direct acoustic aggression in cicadas: first observations in the Palaearctic genus Tibicina Amyot (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadidae).- Journal of Natural History 37: 2931-2948.

Sueur J., Aubin T. (2003) Specificity of cicada calling songs in the genus Tibicina (Hemiptera, Cicadidae).- Systematic Entomology 28: 481-492.
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3113.2003.00222.x

Sueur J., Aubin T. (2004) Acoustic signals in cicada courtship behaviour (order Hemiptera, genus Tibicina).- Journal of Zoology 262: 217-224.
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836903004680

Sueur J., Puissant S., Simões P.C., Seabra S., Boulard M., Quartau J.A. (2004) Cicadas from Portugal: revised list of species with eco-ethological data (Hemiptera: Cicadidae).- Insects Systematics and Evolution, 35: 177-187.