About Cicadatra atra (Olivier, 1790)
Cicadatra atra, commonly called the black cicada, is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae and the genus Cicadatra. This species is widespread across multiple regions: coastal southern France, Catalonia in Spain, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Syria, southern Albania, Bulgaria, mainland Greece, the North Aegean islands, the southern coast of Cyprus, and southwestern Turkey along with Turkey's European part. Cicadatra atra prefers dry, rocky, or shrubby environments. This includes grasslands, open woodlands, mountainous slopes with sparse vegetation, and coastal shrublands.
