Huechys (from Chinese: 血䗁; pinyin: xiějì / xuèjì; Wade–Giles: hsieh3chi4 / hsüeh4chi4; lit. 'blood cicada'[1]) is a genus of cicada belonging to the family Cicadidae.

Huechys
Huechys sanguinea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadettinae
Tribe: Cicadettini
Genus: Huechys
Amyot & Serville, 1843

Although it has been claimed that the Chinese name refers to Huechys, Chinese entomologist Gaines Liu notes that the name Chu ki refers to Lycorma delicatula. He noted that the name for the black and red cicada was Er according to the Fang Yen written by Yang Hsiung (53 B.C. - A.D. 18).[2]

Species

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The following species are recognized:[3]

References

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  1. ^ Amyot CJB, Audinet-Serville, JG (1843) Homoptères. Homoptera Latr. [In] Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Deuxième partie: 455-483. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, 676 pages.
  2. ^ Liu, Gaines (1939). "Some extracts from the history of entomology in China" (PDF). Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 46: 23–28. doi:10.1155/1939/74632.
  3. ^ "Huechys". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 9 July 2021.