Morphological and acoustic characters of Cicadatra platyptera Fieber, 1876

Abbas Mol,Unal Zeybekoglu,Basak Akyurek

doi:10.3897/zookeys.296.4855

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.

Highlights

The research materials were Cicadatra platyptera (Cicadidae) adult specimens collected from Turkey (Fig. 17)
The important taxonomic characters of prepared specimens such as external morphological structures and genital structure were examined and were drawn or photographed with a digital camera or camera lucida attached to a stereo microscope
The shape, color, structure of body and genital structure of C. platyptera specimens collected in Turkey were examined in detail

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Introduction

Nast (1972), Kartal (1980), Lodos and Kalkandelen (1981), Koçak and Kemal (2010), and Boulard (1995) listed 10 species in genus Cicadatra Kolenati, 1857 from Turkey. These species are Cicadatra alhageos (Kolenati, 1857); Cicadatra atra (Olivier, 1790); Cicadatra adanai Kartal, 1980; Cicadatra platyptera Fieber, 1876; Cicadatra hyaline (Fabricius, 1798); Cicadatra tenebrosa Fieber, 1876; Cicadatra querula (Pallas, 1773); Cicadatra persica Kirkaldy, 1909, Cicadatra glycirrhizae (Kolenati, 1857), and Cicadatra hagenica Dlabola, 1987. These are C. adanai, C. tenebrosa, and C. glycirrhizae (Duffels and Laan 1985, Boulard 1995)

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