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[1]
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:[1]

  • 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).[2] 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.[3] 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.[3]

References

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  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 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.
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