| bioacoustic investigations and taxonomic considerations on the cicadetta montana species complex (homoptera: cicadoidea: tibicinidae). | recent bioacoustic investigations have shown that cicadetta montana scopoli 1772 is a complex of morphologically similar sister species that are best characterized by their song patterns. at the type locality of c. montana, only mountain cicadas with simple, long lasting song phrases were heard, recorded and collected. therefore, we have good reasons to suggest that this type of song is characteristic for c. montana s. str. boulard described a song of c. montana from france with phrases composed ... | 2004 | 15258645 |
| molecular species delimitation methods recover most song-delimited cicada species in the european cicadetta montana complex. | molecular species delimitation is increasingly being used to discover and illuminate species level diversity, and a number of methods have been developed. here, we compare the ability of two molecular species delimitation methods to recover song-delimited species in the cicadetta montana cryptic species complex throughout europe. recent bioacoustics studies of male calling songs (premating reproductive barriers) have revealed cryptic species diversity in this complex. maximum likelihood and baye ... | 2015 | 26356250 |
| complex within a complex: integrative taxonomy reveals hidden diversity in cicadetta brevipennis (hemiptera: cicadidae) and unexpected relationships with a song divergent relative. | multiple sources of data in combination are essential for species delimitation and classification of difficult taxonomic groups. here we investigate a cicada taxon with unusual cryptic diversity and we attempt to resolve seemingly contradictory data sets. cicada songs act as species-specific premating barriers and have been used extensively to reveal hidden taxonomic diversity in morphologically similar species. the palaearctic cicadetta montana species complex is an excellent example where dist ... | 2016 | 27851754 |