Tettigarctidae | |
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Tettigarcta crinita specimen in the Australian Museum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Infraorder: | Cicadomorpha |
Superfamily: | Cicadoidea |
Family: | Tettigarctidae |
Genus: |
Tettigarcta White, 1845 |
Species | |
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The Tettigarctidae, also known as the hairy cicadas, are a small relict (mostly extinct) family of primitive cicadas, containing a single genus Tettigarcta, with two extant species, one in southern Australia (Tettigarcta crinita), and the other in Tasmania (Tettigarcta tomentosa). Fossil taxa include Paratettigarcta zealandica from New Zealand.