Morphological and acoustic characters of Cicadatra platyptera Fieber, 1876

Abstract

Acoustic and morphological characters are very important to distinguish species of Cicadidae. In this study, the morphological and acoustic characters of Cicadatra platyptera Fieber, 1876 (Hemiptera, Cicadidae) collected from Turkey were analysed. The external morphological structures of two species were drawn and photographs of some specimens were taken. We evaluated taxonomically important morphological characters such as body shape, colors, patterns, structure, and genital structure. We evaluated measurements of external morphological structures and acoustics characters of Cicadatra platyptera from Turkey, partly with statistical analyses. Morphological characters were compared and differentiated from the closely related species, Cicadatra atra. The distribution in Turkey including previous records and the material examined were shown on a map, and the distribution in Palearctic Region was given.

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“…; Mol et al . ). Cicadivetta tibialis belong to Cicadidae are found in North Africa, Europe, Middle Asia and Asia Minor including Iran (Mozaffarian & Sanborn ).…”

“…The common habitats of Cicadatra platyptera are İzmir, Bornova‐Ilıca‐Karaburun, Giresun, Şebinkarahisar, Gümüşhane, Torul, Kahramanmaraş, Göksun, Konya, Ereğli, Muğla, Bodrum, Sivas, Hafik and Çorum (Lodos & Kalkandelen ; Boulard ; Mol et al . ). Cicadatra atra is distributed in Adana, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, Aydın, Bitlis, Bursa, Çorum, Edirne, Erzincan, Gaziantep, İstanbul, İzmir, Kahramanmaraş, Kayseri, Muğla, Nevşehir, Sivas, Siirt and Şanlıurfa (Önder et al .…”

“…; Mol et al . ). Cicadatra hyaline can be found in the areas of Adıyaman, Ankara, Antalya, Elazığ, Erzincan, Gümüşhane, Hakkâri, Isparta, İzmir, Konya, Kahramanmaraş, Nevşehir, Niğde, Siirt, Şanlıurfa, and Van (Kaplan & Tezcan ).…”

“…; Mol et al . ). A sample belonging to Cicadatra atra were collected from Antalya: Kemer, Olympos, (36°24′09” N.; 30°25′54″ E, 293 m,) on 11.07.2014.…”

“…), morphology (Mol et al . ), molecular structure (Sueur et al . ), ecology and agricultural aspects (Gogala et al .…”