Cicadatra atra :: European Cicadas

Cicadatra atra (Olivier, 1790)

Cicadatra atra, continuous song (very long echemes),
Slovenia, recorded by Matija Gogala.

Cicadatra atra, calling song with short echemes,
Slovenia, recorded by Matija Gogala.

Cicadatra atra, short echemes with wingclicks (courtship),
Slovenia, recorded by Matija Gogala.



<em>Cicadatra atra</em> male, <br>Slovenia: Strunjan, photo Matija Gogala.
<em>Cicadatra atra</em> male, <br>Slovenia: Strunjan, photo Matija Gogala.
<em>Cicadatra atra</em> male, <br>Italy: Toscana, photo Thomas Hertach.
<em>Cicadatra atra</em>, copula,<br>France, photo Stéphane Puissant.
<em>Cicadatra atra</em>, singing male of yellow form "sufflava",<br>France, photo Stéphane Puissant.

References:

Boulard M. (1992) Identité et Bio-Écologie de Cicadatra atra (Olivier, 1790), la Cigale noire, in Gallia Primordia Patria (Homoptera, Cicadoidea, Cicadidae).- EPHE (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes), Biologie et Evolution des Insectes 5: 55-84.

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

Gogala M., Trilar T. (2003) Video analysis of wing clicking in cicadas of the genera Cicadatra and Pagiphora (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadoidea).- Acta entomologica slovenica 11(1): 5-15. PDF

Gogala M., Drosopoulos S., Trilar T. (2013) New distributional and bioacoustic data about Cicadivetta goumenissa from Peloponnese, Greece (Hemiptera, Cicadidae). In: Popov A., Grozeva S., Simov N., Tasheva E. (Eds.) Advances in Hemipterology.- ZooKeys 319: 83–91. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.319.4452

Gogala M., Trilar T. (2014) Distribution of endemic cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) on Evia and adjacent islands in Greece.- Acta entomologica slovenica 22(1): 45-58. PDF

Gogala M., Trilar T., Krpach V.T. (2005) Fauna of singing cicadas (Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadoidea) of Macedonia - a bioacoustic survey.- Acta entomologica slovenica 13(2): 103-126. PDF

Popov A.V. (1969) Comparative studies of the communication sound signals and some principles of the organisation of the acoustical system in cicadas and Orthoptera.- Trudy Vsesoyuznogo Entomologicheskogo Obshchestva 53: 182-221.

Popov A.V. (1975) The structure of the tymbals and the characteristics of the sound signals in singing cicadas (Homoptera, Cicadidae) in the southern regions of the USSR.- Entomological Review (Энтомологическое обозрение) 54: 7-35.

Puissant S. (2012) Les Cigales du Bois de Païolive (Ardèche). Liste des
espèces et données éco-éthologiques.- Rapport WWF, Marseille. PDF

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