Tettigettalna josei (Boulard, 1982) (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea): first record in Spain, with notes on the distribution, genetic variation and behaviour of the species

By

Simões, Paula
Nunes, Vera
Mendes, Raquel
Seabra, Sofia
Paulo, Octávio
Quartau, José

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014-05-09

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

2

Pages

1--15

Subjects

cicada , Distribution , first record , Spain

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1045
eLocator: e1045

 

Abstract

The small cicada Tettigettalna josei (Boulard, 1982) was until recently only known from southern Portugal and was considered endemic to this country. Fieldwork in 2013 led to the first record of the species in Spain, expanding its known eastern range to Andalusia. The northern limits remain poorly defined but it appears that the distribution of T. josei is restricted to the south Atlantic coastline in the Iberian Peninsula, with the highest densities found in Algarve. Some notes on behaviour and genetic variation of T. josei are also given.