Bioacoustic investigations and taxonomic considerations on the Cicadetta montana species complex (Homoptera: Cicadoidea: Tibicinidae)

Abstract

Recent bioacoustic investigations have shown that Cicadetta montana Scopoli 1772 is a complex of morphologically similar sister species that are best characterized by their song patterns. At the type locality of C. montana, only mountain cicadas with simple, long lasting song phrases were heard, recorded and collected. Therefore, we have good reasons to suggest that this type of song is characteristic for C. montana s. str. Boulard described a song of C. montana from France with phrases composed of a long and a short echeme; this type of song is characteristic for cicadas morphologically corresponding to C. montana var. brevipennis Fieber 1876; we suggest to raise this taxon to species level. On the basis of specific song, Puissant and Boulard described C. cerdaniensis from Pyrénées. A similar case was the discovery and description of C. montana macedonica Schedl 1999 from Macedonia; since these Macedonian cicadas are sympatric with at least two other cryptic species in the C. montana group and molecular investigations showed substantial genetic differences between C. macedonica and C. montana or C. brevipennis, we conclude that this taxon should also be raised to species level. Songs of closely related C. podolica and Korean mountain cicada are presented as well.

Dimissalna, a cicada genus that remained unnoticed in France (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadidae)

“…Th e male calling song is high in frequency and is emitted from the top of the trees. Th e acoustic pattern is close to those of C. montana and C. brevipennis as described by Gogala et al (2004) and Sueur & Puissant (2007a). All these parameters might explain why D. dimissa has not been detected before.…”

Biodiversity eavesdropping: bioacoustics confirms the presence ofCicadetta montana(Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadidae) in France

“…(Scopoli 1772), hereafter referred to as C. montana. Th e name C. montana has been erroneously attributed for a long time to another closely related species whose valid name is, however, C. brevipennis Fieber 1876 (Gogala & Trilar 2004). C. montana belongs, in fact, to a complex of closely related species which has been recently reviewed by Gogala & Trilar (2004).…”

“…Th e name C. montana has been erroneously attributed for a long time to another closely related species whose valid name is, however, C. brevipennis Fieber 1876 (Gogala & Trilar 2004). C. montana belongs, in fact, to a complex of closely related species which has been recently reviewed by Gogala & Trilar (2004). Th is complex is a nice case study of hidden biodiversity revealed by bioacoustics (Sueur 2006 Compared to other Hemiptera families, Cicadidae total very few taxa in France.…”

Chremistica ribhoi sp. n. (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from North-East India and its mass emergence

“…Salmah and Zaidi (2002) and Gogala and Trilar (2004), described mass emergence of C. guamusangensis. Leong et al (2011) also described mass emergence of Chremistica umbrosa in Singapore.…”