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Species of true bug

Huechys sanguinea
Adult from Taipei, Taiwan
Mounted specimen collected from Myanmar
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Huechys
Species: H. sanguinea
Binomial name
Huechys sanguinea
(De Geer, 1773)
Synonyms
List
    • Huechys vesicatoria Smith, F.P., 1871
    • Huechys philaemata
    • Cicada (Huechys) sanguinea
    • Huechys sanguinea philaemata
    • Tettigonia sanguinolenta Fabricius, 1775
    • Huechys (Huechys) sanguinea philaemata
    • Huechys quadrispinosa
    • Huechyys aurantiaca Distant, 1917
    • Huechys (Huechys) sanguinea aurantiaca Metcalf, 1963
    • Cicada incarnata philaematis Guerin-Meneville, 1838
    • Scieroptera sanguinea
    • Cicada sanguinolenta
    • Huechys sanginea Ishihara, 1965
    • Huechys (Huechys) quadrispinosa Haupt, 1924
    • Huechys (Huechys) sanguinea
    • Peuchys vesicatoria
    • Cicada philaemata
    • Tettigonia philaemata Fabricius, 1803
    • Cicada philoemata Blanchard, 1840
    • Huechys sanguinea
    • Tettigonia sangvinolenta Billberg, 1820
    • Huechys sanguinea aurantiaca Kato, 1931
    • Huechys sanguinea sanguinea
    • Huechys (Huechys) sanguinea albifascia
    • Huechys sanquinea Mitra & Muraleedharan, 1976
    • Huechys philaemata albifascia
    • Huechys sanquiena Muller, 1949
    • Huechys vesicatoria Smith, F.P., 1872
    • Huechys sanguinea var. albifascia Kato, 1927
    • Huechys sanguinolenta
    • Cicada sanguinea De Geer, 1773

Huechys sanguinea, commonly known as the black and scarlet cicada, is a species of cicada belonging to the family Cicadidae.

Subspecies

Four subspecies are recognized:

  • H. s. hainanensis
  • H. s. philaemata
  • H. s. suffusa
  • H. s. wuchangensis

Description

Huechys sanguinea can reach a length of about 20 millimetres (0.79 in). It is a small strikingly coloured cicada. The basic body color is deep scarlet with smoky-grey wings, but proboscis and limbs are deep black. These cicadas usually emerge synchronously in April. The specific name is from Latin sanguis, blood.

Distribution

This species is native to South- and Southeast Asia, specifically India and Myanmar, southern China (including Hainan Island), Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Singapore and down into Sumatra and Timor.

References

  1. ^ "Huechys sanguinea (De Geer, 1773)". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  2. Tzi Ming Leong and Ali bin Ibrahim OVIPOSITION BY THE BLACK AND SCARLET CICADA, HUECHYS SANGUINEA (DE GEER, 1773) IN SINGAPORE
  3. ^ Ibrahim, Ali bin; Leong, T.M. (2009). "Records of the black and scarlet cicada, Huechys sanguinea (De Geer) in Singapore, with Notes on its emergence (Homoptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae)" (PDF). Nature in Singapore. 2: 317–22.
Taxon identifiers
Huechys sanguinea
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