Yoyetta
| Yoyetta | |
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| Yoyetta robertsonae, Victoria, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Subfamily: | Cicadettinae |
| Tribe: | Cicadettini |
| Genus: | Yoyetta Moulds, 2012 |
Yoyetta is a genus of cicadas, also known as ambertails or firetails, in the family Cicadidae. The genus was erected in 2012 to accommodate nine Australian species previously assigned to the genus Cicadetta.[1][2] The genus is native to Australia.[1][3][4]
Species
[edit]As of 2025 there were about 40 described species:
- Yoyetta aaede (F.Walker, 1850) (Adelaide Firetail)
- Yoyetta abdominalis (Distant, 1892) (Golden-haired Firetail)
- Yoyetta australicta Popple & Emery, 2022 (Southern Ticking Ambertail)
- Yoyetta bushi Emery, 2025
- Yoyetta celis (Moulds, 1988) (Silver Princess)
- Yoyetta corbinorum Emery, 2025
- Yoyetta corindi Popple & Emery, 2022 (North Coast Ambertail)
- Yoyetta crepita Emery, 2025
- Yoyetta cumberlandi Emery, Emery & Popple, 2015 (Cumberland Ambertail)
- Yoyetta darug Emery, Emery & Popple, 2025 (Sydney Ticking Ambertail)
- Yoyetta delicata Popple & Emery, 2022 (Delicate Ambertail)
- Yoyetta denisoni (Distant, 1893) (Black Firetail)
- Yoyetta douglasi Popple & Emery, 2020 (Grampians Firetail)
- Yoyetta electrica Emery, Emery & Popple, 2019 (Rattling Firetail)
- Yoyetta enigmatica Popple & Emery, 2020 (Restless Firetail)
- Yoyetta fluviatilis Emery, Emery & Popple, 2015 (River Ambertail)
- Yoyetta fumea Emery, Emery & Popple, 2025 (Smoky-winged Ambertail)
- Yoyetta grandis Emery, Emery & Popple, 2019 Red-eyed Firetail)
- Yoyetta humphreyae Moulds & Popple, 2018 (Varied Ambertail)
- Yoyetta hunterorum (Moulds, 1988) (Sydney Treetop Ticker)
- Yoyetta ignita Popple & Emery, 2022 Fiery Ambertail)
- Yoyetta incepta (F.Walker, 1850) (False Ambertail)
- Yoyetta kershawi (Goding & Froggatt, 1904) (Victorian Firetail)
- Yoyetta landsboroughi (Distant, 1882) (Small Bassian Ambertail)
- Yoyetta loftyensis Popple & Emery, 2020 (Mount Lofty Firetail)
- Yoyetta nathani Emery, 2025
- Yoyetta ngarabal Popple & Emery, 2020 (Glade Firetail)
- Yoyetta nigrimontana Emery, Emery & Popple, 2015 (Small Southern Ambertail)
- Yoyetta psammitica Emery, Emery & Popple, 2025 (Sandstone Ambertail)
- Yoyetta regalis Emery, Emery & Popple, 2019 (Red Ringer)
- Yoyetta repetens Emery, Emery & Popple, 2015 (Zipping Ambertail)
- Yoyetta robertsonae Moulds, Popple & Emery, 2020 (Clicking Ambertail)
- Yoyetta robusta Popple & Emery, 2022 (Robust Ambertail)
- Yoyetta serrata Emery, Emery & Popple, 2019 (Serrated Firetail)
- Yoyetta spectabilis Emery, Emery & Popple, 2019 (Wavering Firetail)
- Yoyetta subalpina Emery, Emery & Popple, 2019 (Subalpine Firetail)
- Yoyetta timothyi Emery, Emery & Popple, 2019 (Brown Firetail)
- Yoyetta tristrigata (Goding & Froggatt, 1904) (Tropical Ambertail)
- Yoyetta verrens Emery, Emery & Popple, 2019 (Sweeping Firetail)
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Popple, L. W. "The Cicadas of Australia". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ^ "Yoyetta". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
Further reading
[edit]- Moulds, M. S. (2012). "A review of the genera of Australian cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3287 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3287.1.1. ISBN 978-1-86977-890-3.
- Moulds, M. S. (2005). "An Appraisal of the Higher Classification of Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea) with Special Reference to the Australian Fauna" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 57 (3): 375–446. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1447. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
- Moulds, M. S. (2018). "Cicada fossils (Cicadoidea: Tettigarctidae and Cicadidae) with a review of the named fossilised Cicadidae". Zootaxa. 4438 (3): 443–470. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.2. PMID 30313130.
- Marshall, David C.; Moulds, Max; Hill, Kathy B. R.; Price, Benjamin W.; et al. (2018). "A molecular phylogeny of the cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) with a review of tribe and subfamily classification". Zootaxa. 4424 (1): 1–64. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4424.1.1. PMID 30313477.
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