Cicadetta

Cicadetta is a genus of generally small-bodied annual cicadas widespread across portions of the Palearctic, Oriental, and Ethiopian realms.[1] In older scientific and taxonomic literature, this genus was popularly referred to as Melampsalta. These cicadas occur in a diverse spectrum of habitats, although most taxa are typically associated with weedy meadows and tallgrass prairie ecosystems. Several related species from North America were recently transferred to the genus Cicadettana.[2]

Cicadetta
Cicadetta radiator - National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Family:	Cicadidae
Genus:	Cicadetta Kolenati, 1857

Cicadetta calliope

Cicadetta brevipennis

Many members of the genus inhabit Southern Europe, Greece, Anatolia, and coastal Mediterranean regions, and they have a long history of association with the civilizations of those areas; revered by many cultures for their complex, loud, and sometimes melodic courtship calls.

Most of the cicadas within this genus are classified by conservation groups as least concern, however; many species are endemic to a particular isolated area or they are threatened by habitat loss primarily due to grazing.