Yoyetta

Yoyetta
Yoyetta robertsonae, Victoria, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadettinae
Tribe: Cicadettini
Genus: Yoyetta
Moulds, 2012
Yoyetta celis, Victoria, Australia

Yoyetta is a genus of cicadas, mostly known as ambertails or firetails, in the family Cicadidae. The genus was described in 2012 to accommodate nine Australian species previously assigned to the genus Cicadetta. The genus is native to Australia.

Species

As of 2025 there were 39 described species:

References

  1. 1 2 Emery, David L.; Emery, Nathan J.; Popple, Lindsay W. (2019). "A Revision of the Yoyetta abdominalis (Distant) Species Group of Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae), Introducing Eight New Species". Records of the Australian Museum. 71 (7). The Australian Museum: 277–347. doi:10.3853/j.2201-4349.71.2019.1720.
  2. ↑ Moulds, Maxwell Sydney; Popple, Lindsay W.; Emery, David L. (2020-03-01). "A new species of Yoyetta Moulds from south-eastern Australia with notes on relationships within the Yoyetta tristrigata species group (Hemiptera, Cicadidae, Cicadettini)". Australian Entomologist. 47 (1): 25–38.
  3. ↑ Popple, L. W. "The Cicadas of Australia". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. ↑ "Yoyetta". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-11-14.

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