Cystosoma saundersii, commonly known as the bladder cicada, is a species of cicada native to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.[1][2]

Bladder cicada
Male and female (entire), and details
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C. saundersii
Binomial name
Cystosoma saundersii
Westwood, 1842

Cystosoma saundersii is nocturnal and employs camouflage as a defence tactic.[3]

A recording of a Bladder Cicada (Cystosoma saundersii)

Life Cycle

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Their median life cycle from egg to natural adult death is around four years.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Species Cystosoma saundersii Westwood, 1842". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Archived from the original on 4 February 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  2. ^ Moulds, Maxwell Sydney (1990). Australian Cicadas. Kensington, New South Wales: New South Wales University Press. pp. 193–96. ISBN 0-86840-139-0.
  3. ^ "Bladder Cicada - Cystosoma saundersii". Brisbane Insects. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  4. ^ Campbell, Matthew (18 August 2015). "Genome expansion via lineage splitting and genome reduction in the cicada endosymbiont Hodgkinia - Supporting Information" (PDF). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112 (33): 10192–10199. doi:10.1073/pnas.1421386112. PMC 4547289. PMID 26286984. Retrieved 13 October 2020.