Huechys sanguinea

Huechys sanguinea
	Huechys sanguinea from Myanmar. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Family:	Tibicinidae
Genus:	Huechys
Species:	H. sanguinea
Binomial name
	Huechys 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

Huechys sanguinea hainanensis
Huechys sanguinea philaemata
Huechys sanguinea suffusa
Huechys sanguinea wuchangensis

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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]

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References

Catalogue of life
Tzi Ming Leong and Ali bin Ibrahim OVIPOSITION BY THE BLACK AND SCARLET CICADA, HUECHYS SANGUINEA (DE GEER, 1773) IN SINGAPORE
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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[1] Catalogue of life

[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.