Tettigettula

Tettigettula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Tribe: Cicadettini
Genus: Tettigettula
Puissant, 2010

Tettigettula a genus of cicada belonging to the tribe Cicadettini of the family Cicadidae.[1][2]

Following a review of a number of species identified as belonging to the genus Tettigetta, based on their morphological characteristics were determined to be four distinct genera: Tettigettalna; Tettigettula; Tettigettacula; and Pseudotettigetta.[3]

Distribution

The genus is endemic to southern Spain.

Taxonomy

Tettigettula contains the following species:

References

  1. ^ a b "Genus Tettigettula". iNaturalist. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  2. ^ "TaxonPages: World Auchenorrhyncha Database - Tettigettula Puissant, 2010". hoppers.speciesfile.org.
  3. ^ Puissant, Stéphane; Sueur, Jerome (2010-12-20). "A hotspot for Mediterranean cicadas (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadidae): new genera, species and songs from southern Spain". Systematics and Biodiversity. 8 (4): 555–574. Bibcode:2010SyBio...8..555P. doi:10.1080/14772000.2010.532832. ISSN 1477-2000.