Zammara


Zammara is a genus of cicadas. These species are large cicadas that are generally bright blue-green in color. Like other cicadas, these can produce loud calls; Zammara tympanum, for example, makes a "winding up-like pulsating buzz." Zammara are found in the Neotropics, especially in equatorial regions, where they live in tropical forest habitat. The genus is characterized by tarsi that are divided into 2 segments, or tarsomeres; other genera in the tribe have 3 tarsomeres in each tarsus.
There are about 15 or 16 species in the genus.
Species include:
  • Zammara brevis
  • Zammara calochroma
  • Zammara erna
  • Zammara eximia
  • Zammara hertha
  • Zammara intricata
  • Zammara lichyi
  • Zammara luculenta
  • Zammara medialinea
  • Zammara nigriplaga
  • Zammara olivacea
  • Zammara smaragdina
  • Zammara smaragdula
  • Zammara strepens
  • ''Zammara tympanum''