Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata

Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata, the large brown cicada, is a species of cicada in the genus Graptopsaltria of the family Cicadidae found across East Asia, including Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and China. They are called aburazemi (アブラゼミ) in Japanese. The males make a loud chirping that ends with a click caused by a flick of the wings.

Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadinae
Tribe: Polyneurini
Genus: Graptopsaltria
Species:
G. nigrofuscata
Binomial name
Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata
(Motschulsky, 1866)

Description

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Large brown cicadae are usually about 55–60 millimetres (2.2–2.4 in) long, having a wingspan of roughly 75 mm (3.0 in).

 
Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata

Life cycle

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Their median life cycle from egg to natural adult death is around three years.[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
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An adult Large Brown Cicada perched on a branch in Kitamoto, Saitama, Japan.