Species Yoyetta denisoni (Distant, 1893)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Melampsalta denisoni Distant, W.L. 1893. Descriptions of four new species of Cicadidae contained the the Brussels Museum. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 37: 76-78 [78].

  Type data:

   Holotype IRSNB ♂, Port Denison.
  Paratype(s) BMNH numerous, various
  Comment: Originally listed as syntype, but corrected to Holotype by Emery et al. 2019; as noted by Moulds (1990), the type locality for the type series held by the BMNH must be regarded as erroneous.

Generic Combinations

• Yoyetta denisoni (Distant, 1893). —
  Moulds, M.S. 2012. A review of the genera of Australian cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea). Zootaxa 3287: 1-262 [237]
• Cicadetta denisoni (Distant, 1893). —
  Moulds, M.S. 1990. Australian Cicadas. Kensington : New South Wales University Press 217 pp. [156-157]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Tall open forest.

General References

Emery, D.L., Emery, N.J. & Popple, L.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): 277-347 [281] (redescription)

Moulds, M.S. 1990. Australian Cicadas. Kensington : New South Wales University Press 217 pp.

History of changes