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Cicadinae

Subfamily · 330 recordings · 134 specimens
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Contains

Cicadini49
Cryptotympanini22
Cyclochilini0
Dundubiini26
Gaeanini7
Jassopsaltriini1
Oncotympanini1
Platypleurini219
Polyneurini1
Talaingini1
Tosenini3

Recordings

598:33 Purana tigrina (671r33)4:40 · E. Sismondo
944: Platypleura "intercapedinis"0:53 · Ben Price
945: Platypleura "intercapedinis"1:21 · Ben Price
947: Platypleura "intercapedinis"1:13 · Ben Price
948: Platypleura "intercapedinis"1:20 · Ben Price
952: Platypleura "intercapedinis"1:10 · Ben Price
937: Platypleura argentata0:56 · Ben Price
959: Brevisiana brevis1:17 · Ben Price
1408: Brevisiana brevis0:43 · Ben Price
946: Platypleura brunea1:20 · Ben Price
950: Platypleura brunea0:55 · Ben Price
274: Platypleura capensis1:48 · M.H. Villet; Ben Price
277: Platypleura capensis1:07
1489: Platypleura capensis0:48 · M.H. Villet; Ben Price
949: Platypleura cf. brunea0:56 · Ben Price
953: Platypleura cf. brunea0:39 · Ben Price
283: Platypleura cf. catenata1:03 · M.H. Villet; Ben Price
286: Platypleura cf. catenata1:19 · M.H. Villet; Ben Price
288: Platypleura cf. catenata2:16 · M.H. Villet; Ben Price
318: Platypleura cf. catenata1:18 · M.H. Villet
393: Platypleura cf. catenata1:17 · M.H. Villet
607: Platypleura cf. catenata1:03 · Ben Price
608: Platypleura cf. catenata1:03 · Ben Price
835: Platypleura cf. catenata1:00 · Ben Price; M.H. Villet
900: Platypleura cf. catenata0:46 · M.H. Villet; Ben Price
903: Platypleura cf. catenata0:53 · M.H. Villet; Ben Price
1017: Platypleura cf. catenata0:52 · Ben Price; M.H. Villet
941: Platypleura cf. chalybaea1:03 · Ben Price
943: Platypleura cf. chalybaea1:23 · Ben Price
914: Platypleura chalybaea0:42 · Ben Price
1022: Platypleura chalybaea0:49 · Ben Price; M.H. Villet
514: Platypleura deusta1:39 · M.H. Villet
990: Platypleura deusta0:45 · Ben Price
991: Platypleura deusta0:38 · Ben Price
992: Platypleura deusta1:00 · Ben Price
993: Platypleura deusta0:51 · Ben Price
994: Platypleura deusta0:57 · Ben Price
515: Platypleura divisa0:31 · M.H. Villet
954: Platypleura divisa0:45 · Ben Price
982: Platypleura divisa1:00 · Ben Price
983: Platypleura divisa1:00 · Ben Price
989: Platypleura divisa0:58 · Ben Price
939: Munza furva1:27 · Ben Price
940: Munza furva1:00 · Ben Price
973: Platypleura haglundi1:00 · Ben Price
975: Platypleura haglundi0:52 · Ben Price
976: Platypleura haglundi0:45 · Ben Price
978: Platypleura haglundi0:42 · Ben Price
986: Platypleura hirta0:51 · Ben Price
987: Platypleura hirta1:00 · Ben Price
486: Platypleura hirtipennis1:39 · M.H. Villet
488: Platypleura hirtipennis202:53 · M.H. Villet
1028: Platypleura hirtipennis1:00 · Ben Price; M.H. Villet
247: Munza laticlavia0:43 · M.H. Villet
958: Oxypleura lenihani0:32 · Ben Price
961: Ioba leopardina0:46 · Ben Price
1411: Ioba leopardina0:42 · Ben Price
955: Platypleura maytenophila0:28 · Ben Price
956: Platypleura maytenophila0:48 · Ben Price
1519: Platypleura maytenophila0:53 · Ben Price; Paterson I. D.
963: Platypleura mijburghi1:00 · Ben Price
964: Platypleura mijburghi0:25 · Ben Price
1404: Orapa numa0:36 · Ben Price
321: Platypleura plumosa0:21 · M.H. Villet
329: Platypleura plumosa0:51 · M.H. Villet
501: Platypleura plumosa1:09 · M.H. Villet
540: Platypleura plumosa1:22 · M.H. Villet
609: Platypleura plumosa1:20 · Ben Price
610: Platypleura plumosa1:00 · Ben Price
1021: Platypleura plumosa0:57 · Ben Price; M.H. Villet
1037: Platypleura plumosa0:32 · Ben Price; T. A. Bellingan
1488: Platypleura plumosa1:09 · M.H. Villet; Ben Price
916: Pycna semiclara0:55 · Ben Price
919: Pycna semiclara1:06 · Ben Price
922: Pycna semiclara0:49 · Ben Price
923: Pycna semiclara1:18 · Ben Price
925: Pycna semiclara0:44 · Ben Price
930: Pycna semiclara1:03 · Ben Price
931: Pycna semiclara0:21 · Ben Price
888: Platypleura signifera0:58 · M.H. Villet; Ben Price
1403: Platypleura sp.0:29 · Ben Price
1410: Platypleura sp.1:14 · Ben Price
1412: Platypleura sp.0:48 · Ben Price
1413: Platypleura sp.0:45 · Ben Price
1421: Platypleura sp.0:59 · Ben Price
1424: Platypleura sp.0:51 · Ben Price
1035: Albanycada "sp. 01"0:32 · Ben Price; T. A. Bellingan
595: Platypleura "sp. 04"1:11 · Ben Price
596: Platypleura "sp. 04"1:01 · Ben Price
597: Platypleura "sp. 04"1:11 · Ben Price
598: Platypleura "sp. 04"1:06 · Ben Price
906: Platypleura "sp. 04"1:00 · M.H. Villet; Ben Price
338: Platypleura "sp. 08"1:29 · M.H. Villet
485: Platypleura "sp. 08"0:47 · M.H. Villet
313: Platypleura "sp. 10"1:47 · M.H. Villet; Ben Price
600: Platypleura "sp. 10"1:05 · Ben Price
847: Platypleura "sp. 10"0:48 · Ben Price; M.H. Villet
866: Platypleura "sp. 10"0:56 · Ben Price; M.H. Villet
891: Platypleura "sp. 10"0:47 · M.H. Villet; Ben Price
843: Platypleura "sp. 11 cf. hirtipennis"0:46 · Ben Price; M.H. Villet

The first 100 of 330 recordings are listed here.

Specimens

Albanycada "sp. 01" AMGS MHV Cicadas 1035ZA · 2008-01-19 · Ben Price; T. A. Bellingan
Azanicada zuluensis AMGS MHV Cicadas 935ZA · 2007-12-15 · Ben Price
Azanicada zuluensis AMGS MHV Cicadas 936ZA · 2007-12-11 · Ben Price
Azanicada zuluensis AMGS MHV Cicadas 1029ZA · 2008-01-18 · Ben Price; M.H. Villet
Brevisiana brevis AMGS MHV Cicadas 959ZA · 2007-12-16 · Ben Price
Brevisiana brevis AMGS MHV Cicadas 14082008-12-06 · Ben Price
Cicada orni BioAcoustica Rudkin 11994-06-21 · P Rudkin
Cicada orni NHMUK BMNH(E) 0102110611978-08-24 · David R. Ragge
Diceroprocta vitripennis BioAcoustica Moore UMMZ#747US · 1959-08-05 · T. E. Moore
Dundubia vaginata University of Connecticut C. Simon Lab working collection 10.PH.DI.RED.03PH · 2010-07-02
Ioba leopardina AMGS MHV Cicadas 961ZA · 2007-12-15 · Ben Price
Ioba leopardina AMGS MHV Cicadas 14112008-12-07 · Ben Price
Munza furva AMGS MHV Cicadas 939ZA · 2007-12-15 · Ben Price
Munza furva AMGS MHV Cicadas 940ZA · 2007-12-16 · Ben Price
Munza laticlavia AMGS MHV Cicadas 247ZA · 2005-12-11 · M.H. Villet
Neocicada hieroglyphica BioAcoustica Moore UMMX#A128(1-2)1955-08-09 · R. D. Alexander
Oncotympana pallidiventris University of Connecticut C. Simon Lab working collection 10.PH.DI.RED.04PH · 2010-07-03
Orapa numa AMGS MHV Cicadas 14042008-12-05 · Ben Price
Oxypleura lenihani AMGS MHV Cicadas 958ZA · 2007-12-11 · Ben Price
Platypleura AMGS MHV Cicadas 14122008-12-07 · Ben Price
Platypleura AMGS MHV Cicadas 14132008-12-07 · Ben Price
Platypleura AMGS MHV Cicadas 14212008-12-08 · Ben Price
Platypleura AMGS MHV Cicadas 14242008-12-09 · Ben Price
Platypleura "intercapedinis" AMGS MHV Cicadas 944ZA · 2007-12-09
Platypleura "intercapedinis" AMGS MHV Cicadas 945ZA · 2007-12-15 · Ben Price
Platypleura "intercapedinis" AMGS MHV Cicadas 947ZA · 2007-12-16 · Ben Price
Platypleura "intercapedinis" AMGS MHV Cicadas 948ZA · 2007-12-15 · Ben Price
Platypleura "intercapedinis" AMGS MHV Cicadas 952ZA · 2007-12-11 · Ben Price
Platypleura "sp. 04" AMGS MHV Cicadas 595ZA · 2006-12-21 · Ben Price
Platypleura "sp. 04" AMGS MHV Cicadas 596ZA · 2007-01-04 · Ben Price
Platypleura "sp. 04" AMGS MHV Cicadas 597ZA · 2006-12-21 · Ben Price
Platypleura "sp. 04" AMGS MHV Cicadas 598ZA · 2006-12-21 · Ben Price
Platypleura "sp. 04" AMGS MHV Cicadas 906ZA · 2008-01-01 · M.H. Villet; Ben Price
Platypleura "sp. 08" AMGS MHV Cicadas 338ZA · 2005-12-27 · M.H. Villet
Platypleura "sp. 08" AMGS MHV Cicadas 485ZA · 2006-12-13 · M.H. Villet
Platypleura "sp. 10" AMGS MHV Cicadas 313ZA · 2005-12-20 · M.H. Villet; Ben Price
Platypleura "sp. 10" AMGS MHV Cicadas 600ZA · 2007-01-04 · Ben Price
Platypleura "sp. 10" AMGS MHV Cicadas 847ZA · 2007-12-29 · Ben Price; M.H. Villet
Platypleura "sp. 10" AMGS MHV Cicadas 866ZA · 2007-12-30 · Ben Price; M.H. Villet
Platypleura "sp. 10" AMGS MHV Cicadas 891ZA · 2007-12-31 · M.H. Villet; Ben Price
Platypleura "sp. 11 cf. hirtipennis" AMGS MHV Cicadas 843ZA · 2007-12-29 · Ben Price; M.H. Villet
Platypleura "sp. 11 cf. hirtipennis" AMGS MHV Cicadas 845ZA · 2007-12-29 · Ben Price; M.H. Villet
Platypleura "sp. 11 cf. hirtipennis" AMGS MHV Cicadas 859ZA · 2007-12-30 · Ben Price; M.H. Villet
Platypleura "sp. 12 cf. hirtipennis" AMGS MHV Cicadas 601ZA · 2006-12-21 · Ben Price
Platypleura "sp. 12 cf. hirtipennis" AMGS MHV Cicadas 602ZA · 2007-01-04 · Ben Price
Platypleura "sp. 12 cf. hirtipennis" AMGS MHV Cicadas 603ZA · 2007-01-04 · Ben Price
Platypleura "sp. 12 cf. hirtipennis" AMGS MHV Cicadas 605ZA · 2007-01-05 · Ben Price
Platypleura "sp. 12 cf. hirtipennis" AMGS MHV Cicadas 606ZA · 2007-01-05 · Ben Price
Platypleura "sp. 12 cf. hirtipennis" AMGS MHV Cicadas 838ZA · 2007-12-29 · Ben Price; M.H. Villet
Platypleura "sp. 12 cf. hirtipennis" AMGS MHV Cicadas 839ZA · 2007-12-29 · Ben Price; M.H. Villet
Platypleura "sp. 12 cf. hirtipennis" AMGS MHV Cicadas 840ZA · 2007-12-29 · Ben Price; M.H. Villet
Platypleura "sp. 12 cf. hirtipennis" AMGS MHV Cicadas 842ZA · 2007-12-29 · Ben Price; M.H. Villet
Platypleura "sp. 12 cf. hirtipennis" AMGS MHV Cicadas 898ZA · 2008-01-01 · M.H. Villet; Ben Price
Platypleura "sp. 12 cf. hirtipennis" AMGS MHV Cicadas 902ZA · M.H. Villet; Ben Price
Platypleura "sp. 13" AMGS MHV Cicadas 1016ZA · 2008-01-17 · Ben Price; M.H. Villet
Platypleura "sp. 13" AMGS MHV Cicadas 1486ZA · 2009-02-07 · M.H. Villet; Ben Price
Platypleura "sp. 13" AMGS MHV Cicadas 1487ZA · 2009-02-07 · M.H. Villet; Ben Price
Platypleura "sp. 13" AMGS MHV Cicadas 1490ZA · 2009-02-07 · M.H. Villet; Ben Price
Platypleura "sp. 14" AMGS MHV Cicadas 988ZA · 2007-12-19 · Ben Price
Platypleura argentata AMGS MHV Cicadas 937ZA · 2007-12-08 · Ben Price
Platypleura brunea AMGS MHV Cicadas 946ZA · 2007-12-20 · Ben Price
Platypleura brunea AMGS MHV Cicadas 950ZA · 2007-12-05 · Ben Price
Platypleura capensis AMGS MHV Cicadas 274ZA · 2005-12-17 · M.H. Villet; Ben Price
Platypleura capensis AMGS MHV Cicadas 277ZA · 2005-12-17 · M.H. Villet; Ben Price
Platypleura capensis AMGS Audio 1489ZA · 2009-02-07 · M.H. Villet; Ben Price
Platypleura cf. brunea AMGS Audio 949ZA · 2007-12-08 · Ben Price
Platypleura cf. brunea AMGS Audio 953ZA · 2007-12-10 · Ben Price
Platypleura cf. catenata AMGS Audio 283ZA · 2005-12-18 · M.H. Villet; Ben Price
Platypleura cf. catenata AMGS Audio 286ZA · 2005-12-18 · M.H. Villet; Ben Price
Platypleura cf. catenata AMGS Audio 288ZA · 2005-12-18 · M.H. Villet; Ben Price
Platypleura cf. catenata AMGS MHV Cicadas 318ZA · 2005-12-21 · M.H. Villet
Platypleura cf. catenata AMGS MHV Cicadas 393ZA · 2005-01-01 · M.H. Villet
Platypleura cf. catenata AMGS MHV Cicadas 607ZA · 2007-01-05 · Ben Price
Platypleura cf. catenata AMGS MHV Cicadas 608ZA · 2007-01-05 · Ben Price
Platypleura cf. catenata AMGS MHV Cicadas 835ZA · 2007-12-29 · Ben Price; M.H. Villet
Platypleura cf. catenata AMGS MHV Cicadas 900ZA · 2008-01-01 · M.H. Villet; Ben Price
Platypleura cf. catenata AMGS MHV Cicadas 903ZA · 2007-12-31 · M.H. Villet; Ben Price
Platypleura cf. catenata AMGS MHV Cicadas 1017ZA · 2008-01-17 · Ben Price; M.H. Villet
Platypleura cf. chalybaea AMGS MHV Cicadas 941ZA · 2007-12-07 · Ben Price
Platypleura cf. chalybaea AMGS MHV Cicadas 943ZA · 2007-12-08 · Ben Price
Platypleura chalybaea AMGS MHV Cicadas 914ZA · 2008-01-12 · Ben Price
Platypleura chalybaea AMGS MHV Cicadas 1022ZA · 2008-01-17 · Ben Price; M.H. Villet
Platypleura deusta AMGS MHV Cicadas 514ZA · 2006-12-22 · M.H. Villet
Platypleura deusta AMGS MHV Cicadas 990ZA · 2007-12-17 · Ben Price
Platypleura deusta AMGS MHV Cicadas 991ZA · 2007-12-19 · Ben Price
Platypleura deusta AMGS MHV Cicadas 992ZA · 2007-12-14 · Ben Price
Platypleura deusta AMGS MHV Cicadas 993ZA · 2007-12-13 · Ben Price
Platypleura deusta AMGS MHV Cicadas 994ZA · 2007-12-18 · Ben Price
Platypleura divisa AMGS MHV Cicadas 515ZA · 2006-12-22 · M.H. Villet
Platypleura divisa AMGS MHV Cicadas 954ZA · 2007-12-17 · Ben Price
Platypleura divisa AMGS MHV Cicadas 982ZA · 2007-12-14 · Ben Price
Platypleura divisa AMGS MHV Cicadas 983ZA · 2007-12-13 · Ben Price
Platypleura divisa AMGS MHV Cicadas 989ZA · Ben Price
Platypleura haglundi AMGS MHV Cicadas 973ZA · 2007-12-14 · Ben Price
Platypleura haglundi AMGS MHV Cicadas 975ZA · 2007-12-16 · Ben Price
Platypleura haglundi AMGS MHV Cicadas 976ZA · 2007-12-14 · Ben Price
Platypleura haglundi AMGS MHV Cicadas 978ZA · 2007-12-10 · Ben Price
Platypleura hirta AMGS MHV Cicadas 986ZA · 2007-12-14 · Ben Price
Platypleura hirta AMGS MHV Cicadas 987ZA · 2007-12-14 · Ben Price
Platypleura hirtipennis AMGS MHV Cicadas 486ZA · 2006-12-13 · M.H. Villet

The first 100 of 134 specimens are listed here.

Literature

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Trilar, Tomi; Gogala, Matija; Graziani, Francesca; Ceccolini, Filippo; Cianferoni, Fabio (2020). First data on Cicadas of Kefalonia, Greece (Hemiptera: Cicadidae), including bioacoustics.
Cole, Jeffrey A. (2017). A new species of Megatibicen endemic to Mescalero-Monahans shinnery sands (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadidae). Zootaxa, 4236(3): 553.
Costa, Gonçalo João; Nunes, Vera L.; Marabuto, Eduardo; Mendes, Raquel; Laurentino, Telma G.; Quartau, José Alberto; PAULO, OCTÁVIO S.; Simões, Paula Cristina (2017). Morphology, songs and genetics identify two new cicada species from Morocco: Tettigettalna afroamissa sp. nov. and Berberigetta dimelodica gen. nov. & sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Cicadettini). Zootaxa, 4237(3): 517.
Marshall, David C.; Hill, Kathy B. R. (2017). A new Neotibicen cicada subspecies (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from the southeastern USA forms hybrid zones with a widespread relative despite a divergent male calling song. Zootaxa, 4272(4): 529.
Delorme, Quentin (2017). Caledopsalta gen. nov., a new genus for the New Caledonian cicadas previously assigned to Pauropsalta Goding & Froggatt, plus the description of four new species (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae). Austral Entomology.
Sueur, Jerome; Windmill, James F.C.; Robert, Daniel (2010). Sound emission and reception tuning in three cicada species sharing the same habitat. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 127(3): 1681 - 1688.
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Sueur, J.; Windmill, James F. C.; Robert, D. (2008). Sexual dimorphism in auditory mechanics: tympanal vibrations of Cicada orni.
Price, Ben W.; Barker, N. P.; Villet, Martin H. (2007). Patterns and processes underlying evolutionary significant units in the Platypleura stridula L. species complex (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa. Molecular Ecology, 16: 2574-2588.
Sueur, Jerome; Windmill, James F.C.; Robert, Daniel (2006). Tuning the drum: the mechanical basis for frequency discrimination in a Mediterranean cicada.
Sueur, J.; Aubin, T. (2003). Is microhabitat segregation between two cicada species ( Tibicina haematodes and Cicada orni ) due to calling song propagation constraints?. Naturwissenschaften, 90(7): 322 - 326.
Bennet-Clark, H. C.; Daws, AG (1999). Transduction of mechanical energy into sound energy in the cicada Cyclochila australasiae. J Exp Biol, 202 (Pt 13): 1803-17.
Bennet-Clark, H. C. (1997). Tymbal mechanics and the control of song frequency in the cicada Cyclochila australasiae. J Exp Biol, 200(Pt 11): 1681-94.
Young, D; Bennet-Clark, H. C. (1995). The role of the tymbal in cicada sound production. J Exp Biol, 198(Pt 4): 1001-20.
Bennet-Clark, H. C.; Young, D (1992). A MODEL OF THE MECHANISM OF SOUND PRODUCTION IN CICADAS. Journal of Experimental Biology, 173: 123-153.
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