Tettigarctidae

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iHairy Cicadas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Cicadomorpha
Superfamily: Cicadoidea
Family: Tettigarctidae
Genus: Tettigarcta
White, 1845
Species
  • Tettigarcta crinita Distant, 1883
  • Tettigarcta tomentosa White, 1845

The family Tettigarctidae, also known as the hairy cicadas is a small relictual family of primitive cicadas, containing a single genus with two extant species, one in southern Australia (Tettigarcta crinita), and the other in Tasmania (Tettigarcta tomentosa).

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