Yoyetta is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. The genus was erected in 2012 to accommodate nine Australian species previously assigned to the genus Cicadetta.[1]

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

There are currently more than 20 described species in Yoyetta, all found in Australia.[1][2][3]

Species

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These species belong to the genus Yoyetta:

References

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ Popple, L. W. "The Cicadas of Australia". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  3. ^ "Yoyetta". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  4. ^ 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.

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