Title: A hotspot for Mediterranean cicadas (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadidae): new genera, species and songs from southern Spain
Abstract: Southern Spain exhibits high diversity and endemism. Based on a long-term field study, a review of nine regional cicada species hitherto placed in the genus Tettigetta is provided. According to morphological characters previously defined by Lee, none of these species belongs to the genus Tettigetta; they are placed instead in four new genera: Tettigettalna Puissant gen. nov., Tettigettula Puissant gen. nov., Tettigettacula Puissant gen. nov., and Pseudotettigetta Puissant gen. nov. Tettigetta parvula (Fieber, 1876 Fieber, F. X. 1876. Les Cicadines d'Europe d'après les originaux et les publications les plus récentes. Revue et Magazine de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, 4: 11–268. [Translation from German by Rieber F.] [Google Scholar]) and Tettigetta carayoni Boulard (1982) are transferred to Cicadivetta Boulard, 1982, as Cicadivetta parvula (Fieber, 1876 Fieber, F. X. 1876. Les Cicadines d'Europe d'après les originaux et les publications les plus récentes. Revue et Magazine de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, 4: 11–268. [Translation from German by Rieber F.] [Google Scholar]), comb. nov. and Cicadivetta carayoni (Boulard, 1982), comb. nov. Tettigetta manueli Boulard, 2000 is considered a synonym of Tettigettalna helianthemi helianthemi (Rambur, 1840 Rambur, J. P. 1840. Seconde section des Hémiptères. Les Homoptères. Latreille. Faune Entomologique de l'Andalousie, 5: 177–304. [Google Scholar]), comb. nov., syn. nov. Three new endemics, Tettigettalna boulardi Puissant sp. nov., Tettigettalna armandi Puissant sp. nov., and Tettigettalna defauti Puissant sp. nov., are described. A new subspecies, Tettigettalna helianthemi galantei Puissant ssp. nov., is also reported. All species are described with information on their distribution, habitat selection, and acoustic behaviour. The high diversity of cicadas in southern Spain is discussed in terms of local geography and mating behaviour.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-12-20
Language: en
Type: article
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