Cicadetta



Cicadetta is a genus of generally small-bodied annual cicadas widespread across portions of the Palearctic, Indomalayan, and Afrotropical realms. In older scientific and taxonomic literature, this genus was popularly referred to as Melampsalta. These cicadas occur in a diverse spectrum of habitats, although most taxa are typically associated with weedy meadows and tallgrass prairie ecosystems. Several related species from North America were recently transferred to the genus Cicadettana.

Many members of the genus inhabit Southern Europe, Greece, Anatolia, and coastal Mediterranean regions, and they have a long history of association with the civilizations of those areas; revered by many cultures for their complex, loud, and sometimes melodic courtship calls.

Most of the cicadas within this genus are classified by conservation groups as least concern, although many species are endemic to a particular isolated area or threatened by habitat loss primarily due to grazing.

Species
These 45 species belong to the genus Cicadetta:


 * Cicadetta abscondita Lee, 2008
 * Cicadetta afghanistanica Dlabola, 1964
 * Cicadetta albipennis Fieber, 1876
 * Cicadetta anapaistica Hertach, 2011
 * Cicadetta brevipennis Fieber, 1876
 * Cicadetta cantilatrix Sueur & Puissant, 2007
 * Cicadetta cerdaniensis Puissant & Boulard, 2000
 * Cicadetta chaharensis (Kato, 1938)
 * Cicadetta concinna (Germar, 1821)
 * Cicadetta diminuta Horváth, 1907
 * Cicadetta dirfica Gogala, Trilar & Drosopoulos, 2011
 * Cicadetta fangoana Boulard, 1976
 * Cicadetta fraseri (China, 1938)
 * Cicadetta haematophleps Fieber, 1876
 * Cicadetta hageni Fieber, 1872
 * Cicadetta hannekeae Gogala, Drosopoulos & Trilar, 2008
 * Cicadetta hodoharai (Kato, 1940)
 * Cicadetta inglisi (Ollenbach, 1929)
 * Cicadetta inserta Horváth, 1911
 * Cicadetta intermedia (Ollenbach, 1929)
 * Cicadetta juncta (Walker, 1850)
 * Cicadetta kissavi Gogala, Drosopoulos & Trilar, 2009
 * Cicadetta kollari Fieber, 1876
 * Cicadetta konoi (Kato, 1937)
 * Cicadetta laevifrons (Stål, 1870)
 * Cicadetta macedonica Schedl, 1999
 * Cicadetta mediterranea Fieber, 1876
 * Cicadetta minuta (Ollenbach, 1929)
 * Cicadetta montana (Scopoli, 1772)
 * Cicadetta nigropilosa Logvinenko, 1976
 * Cicadetta olympica Gogala, Drosopoulos & Trilar, 2009
 * Cicadetta pellosoma (Uhler, 1861)
 * Cicadetta petrophila Popov, Arnov & Sergeeva, 1985
 * Cicadetta petryi Schumacher, 1924
 * Cicadetta pieli (Kato, 1940)
 * Cicadetta pilosa Horváth, 1901
 * Cicadetta podolica (Eichwald, 1830)
 * Cicadetta shansiensis (Esaki & Ishihara, 1950)
 * Cicadetta sibillae Hertach & Trilar, 2015
 * Cicadetta transylvanica Fieber, 1876
 * Cicadetta tumidifrons Horváth, 1911
 * Cicadetta tunisiaca (Karsch, 1890)
 * Cicadetta ventricosa (Stål, 1866)
 * Cicadetta viridicincta (Ashton, 1912)
 * Cicadetta walkerella Kirkaldy, 1909