Superfamily Cicadoidea Order True bugs | Infraorder Cicadomorpha Family Tettigarctidae Rank Genus | |
Similar True bugs, Clastopteridae, Machaerotidae, Ceratocombidae, Enicocephalidae | ||
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.
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