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An annotated check-list of the species of cicadas known to occur in Portugal (Homoptera: Cicadoidea)
... Das cerca de vinte espécies, que foram referidas pelos diversos autores sobre esta fauna, apenas treze foram recentemente confirmadas como ocorrendo em Portugal (Quartau & Fonseca, 1988;Sueur et al., 2004). Se bem que a distribuição actual destes insectos esteja, por norma, fragmentada, há duas espécies que são ainda muito abundantes e ocorrem em praticamente todo o país: são elas Cicada orni, talvez a cigarra europeia mais comum, e Tettigettalna argentata, igualmente presente em outros países europeus como França e Itália (e.g. ...
... Igualmente ainda abundantes, se bem que com uma distribuição mais ou menos regionalizada, são as seguintes espécies: (i) Cicada barbara lusitanica, que ocorre especialmente no Algarve e em diversas áreas no Alentejo, na península de Setúbal, Beira Litoral e em Trás-os-Montes (Boulard, 1982(Boulard, , 1985Quartau, 1988), (ii) Tibicina garricola, típica do "garrigue" da Arrábida e da Serra de Aire, e T. quadrisignata, presente no Alto Alentejo e na Beira Alta (Quartau et al., 2001;Quartau & Simões, 2003), (iii) Tettigettalna estrellae, que ocorre em grande parte do norte do país (Boulard, 1982;Sueur et al., 2004), (iv) Tettigettalna josei e T. mariae, ambas restringidas ao Algarve (Boulard, 1982;Quartau & Boulard, 1995), (v) Tympanistalna gastrica com isolados referidos para a área da linha do Estoril, Arrábida e Baixo Alentejo (e.g. Quartau & Fonseca, 1988;Sueur et al., 2004) (Lallemand, 1928;Boulard, 1982;Quartau & Fonseca, 1988), mas quase sempre com efectivos populacionais muito baixos, à excepção de alguns biótopos da serra de Aire (J.A. Quartau, dados não publicados). Este facto terá levado Seabra (1941), alguns decénios atrás, a considerar esta espécie como rara, pois eram limitadíssimos os exemplares encontrados nas colecções disponíveis. ...
... Igualmente ainda abundantes, se bem que com uma distribuição mais ou menos regionalizada, são as seguintes espécies: (i) Cicada barbara lusitanica, que ocorre especialmente no Algarve e em diversas áreas no Alentejo, na península de Setúbal, Beira Litoral e em Trás-os-Montes (Boulard, 1982(Boulard, , 1985Quartau, 1988), (ii) Tibicina garricola, típica do "garrigue" da Arrábida e da Serra de Aire, e T. quadrisignata, presente no Alto Alentejo e na Beira Alta (Quartau et al., 2001;Quartau & Simões, 2003), (iii) Tettigettalna estrellae, que ocorre em grande parte do norte do país (Boulard, 1982;Sueur et al., 2004), (iv) Tettigettalna josei e T. mariae, ambas restringidas ao Algarve (Boulard, 1982;Quartau & Boulard, 1995), (v) Tympanistalna gastrica com isolados referidos para a área da linha do Estoril, Arrábida e Baixo Alentejo (e.g. Quartau & Fonseca, 1988;Sueur et al., 2004) (Lallemand, 1928;Boulard, 1982;Quartau & Fonseca, 1988), mas quase sempre com efectivos populacionais muito baixos, à excepção de alguns biótopos da serra de Aire (J.A. Quartau, dados não publicados). Este facto terá levado Seabra (1941), alguns decénios atrás, a considerar esta espécie como rara, pois eram limitadíssimos os exemplares encontrados nas colecções disponíveis. ...
Após referência à elevada diversidade entomológica do nosso território e aos factores que terão concorrido para a mesma, é feita uma análise geral das treze espécies de cicadídeos lusitânicos. É chamada a atenção de que praticamente todas estas espécies possuem hoje distribuições mais ou menos fragmentadas, dando-se ênfase à situação de Euryphara contentei, uma das mais raras e ameaçadas cigarras do nosso país. Em resultado de extensivo trabalho de campo conduzido durante os últimos anos, E. contentei apenas foi encontrada em quatro pequenas áreas residuais, nomeadamente junto a Beringel e a Sousel, no Alentejo. Alguns destes refúgios são pequenas manchas de vegetação adjacentes a bermas de estradas, ou mesmo das próprias bermas. É feita seguidamente uma breve discussão das limitações e eventuais benefícios das chamadas microrreservas entomológicas. Por outro lado, tendo em conta as vantagens que poderão advir da protecção dessas pequenas parcelas de vegetação, especialmente quando em mosaico, é feita a proposta da criação de microrreservas nos quatro sítios onde E. contentei sobrevive. Finalmente, chama-se a atenção para a necessidade de prospecções no terreno mais extensas e detalhadas, bem como para a vantagem de se encetarem eventuais acções de gestão envolvendo o aumento da conectividade entre os quatro biótopos já identificados e outros a descobrir, nomeadamente através da implementação de corredores ecológicos e da própria translocação de exemplares.
... Both species are found mainly in open woodlands [10]. Only C. barbara is found in both North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula, while C. orni is distributed throughout southwestern, central and eastern Europe, western Asia and the Middle East [11,12]. According to Boulard (1982) [5], the populations of C. barbara in the Iberian Peninsula would correspond to C. barbara lusitanica Boulard, different from the type subspecies, which is only found in North Africa (C. ...
... In the olive tree canopy, significant differences are found in the density of injuries between the different altitudinal zones ( Figure 5 12 Considering the terminal branches, since these are where the lesions correspond to the most recent attacks (occurred in the last 2-3 years), which have not been healed, nor are they in the process of healing, there is a close relationship between the total number of injuries and the size of the sample, independently of the altitudinal floor in the olive tree ( Figure 6). In the three altitudinal levels, by means of a simple linear regression analysis, regression lines with coefficients close to 99% are obtained. ...
Although cicadas have traditionally been considered pests of little or no importance, since the beginning of this century, an increase in damages is being recorded in olive groves of southern Spain. According to our hypothesis, the new agricultural practices would be behind it. During 2024, Intensive sampling has been carried out in organic grove, with herbaceus cover (VC2), and a second one with mixed vegetation cover (VC1, in which the crushed remains of the annual pruning are added). In both ecological groves, inventories of the vegetation have been carried out, as well as intensive sampling in the olive canopy, with the densities of oviposition injuries being recorded and compared with respect to conventional management (CONV). The objectives of this study: (1) to quantify the density of oviposition lesions under these three different farming systems; (2) to determine priority areas for cicadas oviposition within trees; (3) to develop a sampling method to assess damage over large areas. The results show significant increases in density of injuries in organic groves, with maximum values recorded in the olive grove with mixed cover. Oviposition injuries show an altitudinal gradient distribution, with maximum values in the lower zone. The factors involved are discussed.
... However, this central and west European species does not seem to be present in North Africa; its south limit of being in Spain: see Gomez-Menor Ortega (1957) for the more southern localities. Mentions of Tibicina quadrisignata (Hagen 1855) in Algeria (Nast 1972;Quartau and Fonseca 1988) require confirmation. Indeed, Hagen (1855) mentioned this species in "Algarvien", an administrative region located in the south of Portugal, not in Algeria. ...
... T. q. pilleti is apparently endemic to Morocco (Fig. 14A,B). However, specimen records of T. quadrisignata in Algeria by Nast (1972) and Quartau & Fonseca (1988) could relate to this cicada and need to be verified. ...
A new subspecies, Tibicina quadrisignata pilleti Puissant ssp. nov. is described from Morocco. This cicada is similar to Tibicina quadrisignata (Hagen, 1855) but differs mainly in the body color of the males and some acoustic parameters, notably in the courtship song. A complete pipeline is developed for detailed analysis of the morphology and acoustic behavior of the two Tibicina taxa currently known in Morocco, i.e. Tibicina quadrisignata (Hagen, 1855) pilleti Puissant ssp. nov. and Tibicina maldesi Boulard, 1981. Biology, ecology and distribution are presented for the first time for both taxa. Tibicina maldesi emits an abnormally high carrier frequency relative to its size. It could be an adaptation to avoid acoustic interference with a sympatric Tibicina species yet to be discovered or extinct.
... Both species are found mainly in open woodlands [10]. Only C. barbara is found in both North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula, while C. orni is distributed throughout southwestern, central and eastern Europe, western Asia, and the Middle East [11,12]. According to Boulard (1982) [5], the populations of C. barbara in the Iberian Peninsula would correspond to C. barbara lusitanica Boulard, different from the type subspecies, only found in North Africa (C. ...
Although cicadas have traditionally been considered pests of little or no importance, in recent decades, an increase in damages is being recorded in olive groves of southern Spain. New agricultural practices that affect soil management are behind it. During 2024, intensive sampling has been carried out in an organic grove with herbaceous cover (VC2), and in a second one with mixed vegetation cover (VC1, in which the crushed remains of the annual pruning are added). In both ecological groves, inventories of the vegetation have been carried out, as well as intensive sampling in the olive canopy, with the densities of oviposition injuries being recorded and compared with respect to conventional management (CONV). The objectives of this study are to compare the three managements based on the density of oviposition injuries, to determine the priority areas for cicadas’ oviposition within the trees; and to develop a sampling method to assess damage over large areas. The results show significant increases in the density of injuries in organic groves, with maximum values recorded in the olive grove with mixed cover. Oviposition injuries show an altitudinal gradient distribution, with maximum values in the lower zone of the trees. The factors involved are discussed.
... Here, a description of quantitative and qualitative aspects of the acoustical signals is presented for nine species of cicadas, eight of them among the twelve confirmed earlier as occurring in Portugal (Quartau and Fonseca 1988): C. barbara lusitanica, C. orni, Tett. ...
... Only C. barbara is present both in North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula. C. orni is distributed in south west, central and eastern Europe, western Asia and the Middle East (Popov, 1975;Quartau & Fonseca, 1988;Schedl, 1973Schedl, , 1999. Moreover the Iberian populations of C. barbara are considered by Boulard (1982) to be a sub-species, C. barbara lusitanica Boulard, different from the type subspecies, which only occurs in north Africa (C. ...
Calling songs of the sibling species Cicada barbara and C. orni were studied in sympatric and allopatric populations on the Iberian Peninsula, where the distribution ranges of both species overlap. No difference was found in any acoustic property for the sympatric and allopatric populations of C. barbara studied and only one variable (minimum frequency) was significantly different between sympatric and allopatric populations of C. orni. No hybrids with intermediate songs were found and no character displacement in the calling song was detected. It is very likely that these species were already considerably differentiated when they met on the Iberian Peninsula. Particularly, premating (or even postmating) isolating mechanisms (according to Mayr's Biological Species Concept) or different specific-mate recognition systems (in the view of the Paterson's Recognition Concept of Species) were most likely already present, which prevented hybridization between this pair of species. It is assumed that the calling songs are the most important premating isolating mechanism corresponding to the specific-mate recognition systems of these species of cicadas.
... The genus Cicada L., 1758 is distributed mainly in the Mediterranean area and includes the following six species: Cicada barbara Stål, 1866, C. cerisyi Guérin- Méneville, 1844, C. lodosi Boulard, 1979, C. mordoganensis Boulard, 1979, C. orni L., 1758 and C. permagna Haupt, 1917. Several other species were described from Italy in the past, but these are either synonyms of C. orni (e.g., C. oleae Costa, 1877) or belong to different taxa (e.g., C. afona Costa, 1834 now within the Cercopidae) (Servadei, 1969; Nast, 1972) Cicada barbara is known to occur in the SW part of Europe and N Africa (Algeria, Italy, Libya, Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily, Spain and Tunisia) (Nast, 1972; Boulard, 1981; Quartau & Fonseca, 1988; Boulard, 1995), C. cerisyi is only found in Egypt and Libya (Nast, 1972; Schedl, 1993). On the other hand, C. lodosi and C. permagna seem to occur in Turkey only, in the eastern part of the Mediterranean area (Nast, 1972; Boulard, 1979; Lodos & Kalkandelen, 1981; Boulard, 1995 ). ...
Based on material collected recently on the island of Crete, in southern Greece, the present study describes a new species of the genus Cicada. The new species is closely related to both C. orni and C. mordoganensis, but can be distinguished from these by characters of the male genitalia and the distinctive calling song, which is illustrated by oscillograms, sonagrams and amplitude spectra. Comparison of the calling song of C. cretensis sp. n. with those of C. orni and C. mordoganensis showed considerable differences, especially in the inter-echeme interval, which is in general shorter in the new species than in either C. orni or C. mordoganensis. Moreover, the duration of the echemes of C. cretensis sp. n. is, on average, considerably longer than in C. orni and shorter than in C. mordoganensis.
Background. The singing cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Bulgaria were poorly known. There are published records for 14 species: Cicada orni, Lyristes plebejus, Cicadatra atra, Cicadatra hyalina, Cicadatra persica, Cicadetta montana, Cicadetta mediterranea, Dimissalna dimissa, Oligoglena tibialis, Tympanistalna gastrica, Pagiphora annulata, Saticula coriaria, Tibicina haematodes and Tibicina steveni.
New information. Two species from this list were doubtful in the beginning of our study, since Tympanistalna gastrica is distributed in central and southern Portugal and Saticula coriaria is a north African species.
We checked three major institutional collections housed in Sofia, Bulgaria: the National
Museum of Natural History (SOFM), the Institute of Zoology (ZISB) and the Biology Faculty of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" (BFUS). We confirmed 11 of the species
mentioned in literature, except Cicadetta mediterranea and found two additional species:
Cicadatra platyptera and Cicadetta macedonica (the specimens in BFUS were
bioacoustically confirmed).
Based on this knowledge, we further investigated the singing cicadas of Bulgaria with the
use of morphological and bioacoustic methods in the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2016,
2018 and 2019. We were not able to confirm the presence of Cicadatra persica and
Cicadetta mediterranea, but found three additional species: Cicadetta brevipennis s. lat.,
Cicadetta cantilatrix and Tettigettula pygmea. Using the bioacoustic methods, we also
detected unknown singing patterns, which could belong to three or four additional taxa,
which need to be described.
The Bulgarian fauna of singing cicadas at the moment consists of 16 confirmed and 3-4
potential species.
The present study describes the calling songs produced by males of two closely related species of Tibicina Amyot (T. quadrisignata (Hagen) and T. garricola Boulard) and correlates such divergence with their patterns of general morphological variation. It is here rationalised that in cicadas for the Mediterranean area we can find two main patterns of specific divergence within groups of closely related species: (i) one, where considerable acoustic divergence was attained with practically no or low levels of morphological differentiation (e.g., within Cicada Linnaeus and Tettigetta Amyot); and (ii) the example here analysed of Tibicina where the opposite is apparent, that is, easily recognizable morphological divergence was attained with very subtle acoustic differentiation.
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