Tettigarctidae
Tettigarctidae | |
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Tettigarcta crinita specimen in the Australian Museum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Infraorder: | Cicadomorpha |
Superfamily: | Cicadoidea |
Family: | Tettigarctidae |
Genus: | Tettigarcta White, 1845 |
Species | |
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The Tettigarctidae, also known as the hairy cicadas, are a small relict (mostly extinct) family of primitive cicadas, containing a single genus Tettigarcta, with two extant species, one in southern Australia (Tettigarcta crinita), and the other in Tasmania (Tettigarcta tomentosa). Fossil taxa include Paratettigarcta zealandica from New Zealand. [1]
See also
References
- ↑ Kaulfuss, U.; Moulds, M. 2015: A new genus and species of tettigarctid cicada from the early Miocene of New Zealand: Paratettigarcta zealandica (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Tettigarctidae). ZooKeys, 484: 83-94. doi:10.3897/zookeys.484.8883
External links
- Data related to Tettigarctidae at Wikispecies
- CSIRO Tettigarctid page
- A photo of a Tettigarcta tomentosa
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