Cosmopsaltria Halmaherae n. sp. Endemic to Halmahera, Maluku, Indonesia (Homoptera, Cicadidae).

Song discrimination by male cicadas Cicada barbara lusitanica (Homoptera, Cicadidae).

Cicada barbara lusitanica males presented a stereotyped singing response behaviour when exposed to a playback of the conspecific song. Males preferred (as measured by the time taken to sing) the conspecific signal to heterospecific songs that differed markedly in temporal pattern. Manipulation of the gross temporal pattern of C. barbara calling song significantly reduced stimulus attractiveness...

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

The genus Chremistica Stål, 1870 is reported from the northeastern region of India for the first time. A new species, Chremistica ribhoi, is described from this region and male genitalia illustrations and scanning electron microscope photographs of the pygofer for C. ribhoi are presented. Observations on mass emergence of C. ribhoi are described.

Social Behavior and Communication in the Neotropical Cicada Fidicina mannifera (Fabricius) (Homoptera: Cicadidae)

We investigated signalling behavior in relation to social context in the cicada Fidicina mannifera. Four types of acoustic signals were recorded from males: songs, calls, low-amplitude songs, and disturbance sounds. Signal types were similar in frequency and fine temporal structure, but differed markedly in gross temporal structure. Songs and calls were the most frequently observed signals, and...

Deposition and decomposition of periodical cicadas (Homoptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada) in woodland aquatic ecosystems

Many freshwater ecosystems receive allochthonous resource subsidies from adjacent terrestrial environments. In eastern North American forests, geographic broods of periodical cicadas emerge every 13 to 17 y to breed, and local abundances can sometimes be .300 individuals/m. Most individuals avoid predation, senesce after breeding, and become a resource pulse for forest ecosystems; some cicada c...

Studies on the Acoustical Behavior of Seventeen-Year Cicadas (Homoptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada)