Tettigarctidae
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| Hairy Cicadas | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Cicadomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cicadoidea |
| Family: | Tettigarctidae |
| Genus: | Tettigarcta White, 1845 |
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The family Tettigarctidae, also known as the hairy cicadas is a small relictual (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).
