Zammara

Zammara
Zammara sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Tibiceninae
Tribe: Zammarini
Genus: Zammara
Amyot and Serville, 1843
Species

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Zammara is a genus of cicadas. These species are large cicadas that are generally bright blue-green in color.[1] Like other cicadas, these can produce loud calls; Zammara tympanum, for example, makes a "winding up-like pulsating buzz."[2] Zammara are found in the Neotropics, especially in equatorial regions,[1] where they live in tropical forest habitat.[3] The genus is characterized by tarsi (the "feet" of the insect) that are divided into 2 segments, or tarsomeres; other genera in the tribe have 3 tarsomeres in each tarsus.[4]

There are about 15[5] or 16 species in the genus.[3]

Species include:[4]

References

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