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
	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

^ ^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.

[col-1] "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

[fa-3] 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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