Huechys sanguinea

Huechys sanguinea

Adult from Taipei, Taiwan

Mounted specimen collected from Myanmar
Scientific 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.

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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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^ ^a ^b "Huechys sanguinea (De Geer, 1773)". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
^ Tzi Ming Leong and Ali bin Ibrahim OVIPOSITION BY THE BLACK AND SCARLET CICADA, HUECHYS SANGUINEA (DE GEER, 1773) IN SINGAPORE
^ ^a ^b 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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