Yoyetta robertsonae
Clicking Ambertail at O'Connor, ACT
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| Yoyetta robertsonae | lpopple | 30 Mar 2020 | |
| Yoyetta sp. (genus) | MichaelBedingfield | 13 Dec 2016 | |
| Yoyetta sp. (genus) | lpopple | 13 Dec 2016 | |
| Yoyetta sp. | ibaird | 12 Dec 2016 | |
| Yoyetta nigrimontana | ibaird | 7 Dec 2016 | |
| Unverified | ibaird | 7 Dec 2016 |
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User's notes
Cicada came to light at back door at 15 Fairfax Street . O'Connor. Light coloured, suggesting recently emerged. There were empty cicada skins attached to grass stems and young tomato plants observed today and yesterday nearby in the garden
4 comments
10 Dec 2016
I have no extra justificatiion that this species may be Y. nigromontana other than where it was recorded. My hypothesis has been put forward to test whether a species level identification is possible. See entry for Y. nigromontana at the following website including a distribution map: http://dr-pop.net/nigrimontana-716.htm
11 Dec 2016
I note Y. nigromontana was described and holotype specimens were collected from Frith Road, Black Mountain and at Mt Majura only recently by Emery, Emery and Popple (2015). This observation was made probably less than a kilometere from Frith Road Black Mountain. However I note Popple on his website (dr-pop.net) describes Acton (ACT) as a place where several related cicida species co-exist, particularly Yoyetta spp.
13 Dec 2016
Following subsequent advice from Lindsay Popple (pers. comm. 12/12/16) I have changed my suggested species name for this sighting to Yoyetta sp. given that, subject to confirmation, this sighting is unlikely to prove to be Y. nigromontana.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.113193-35.259760
- Altitude 581.8m
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 5 Dec 2016 11:05 PM Recorded on
- ibaird Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- ibaird Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Yoyetta robertsonae Cicadas (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea) Insects
Species information
- Yoyetta robertsonae Scientific name
- Clicking Ambertail Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1042.45m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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