SONGS OF EUROPEAN
SINGING CICADAS /
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Tibicina quadrisignata (Hagen, 1855)

T. quadrisignata, calling song, Pyrenees, France - rec.: J. Sueur

T. quadrisignata, courtship song, Pyrenees, France - rec.: J. Sueur

T. quadrisignata, rivalry sounds, Pyrenees, France - rec.: J. Sueur

<em>T. quadrisignata</em>, male, France - photo J. Sueur

Typical habitat of <em>T. quadrisignata</em> in southern France - photo J. Sueur

<em>T. quadrisignata</em> - male. Valais (CH), photo T. Hertach.

<em>Tibicina quadrisignata</em>, portrait photo S. Puissant

References:

Boulard M., 1995. Postures de cymbalisation, cymbalisations et cartes d’identité acoustique des cigales. 1.- Généralités et espèces méditerranéenes (Homoptera Cicadoidea). EPHE Biol. Evol. Insectes 7/8: 1-72.PDF

Quartau, J. A. & Simões, P. C., 2003. Bioacoustic and morphological differentiation in two allopatric species of the genus Tibicina Amyot (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea) in Portugal. Deutsche entomologische Zeitung, 50 : 113-119.

Sueur J., 2003. Indirect and direct acoustic aggression in cicadas: first observations in the Palaearctic genus Tibicina Amyot (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadidae). Journal of Natural History, 37: 2931-2948.

Sueur J., Aubin T., 2003. Specificity of cicada calling songs in the genus Tibicina (Hemiptera, Cicadidae). Systematic Entomology, 28: 481-492. PDF

Sueur J., Aubin T., 2004. Acoustic signals in cicada courtship behaviour (order Hemiptera, genus Tibicina). Journal of Zoology, 262: 217-224. PDF

Sueur J., Puissant S., Simões P.C., Seabra S., Boulard M., Quartau J.A., 2004. Cicadas from Portugal: revised list of species with eco-ethological data (Hemiptera: Cicadidae). Insects Systematics and Evolution, 35: 177-187.