Hyalessa maculaticollis

Hyalessa maculaticollis, known as 'min-min cicada' (ミンミンゼミ, min-min zemi) in Japan because of its sound, is a species of cicada.

Hyalessa maculaticollis
On Mount Ibuki, Japan
Sound of male Hyalessa maculaticollis in Japanese mainland.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Family:
Cicadidae
Tribe:
Oncotympanini
Genus:
Hyalessa
Species:
H. maculaticollis
Binomial name
Hyalessa maculaticollis
Motschulsky, 1866
Synonyms

Oncotympana maculaticollis
Hyalessa fuscata

Distribution

Hyalessa maculaticollis is found in China, Japan, the Korean Peninsula and maritime areas of Russia. Individuals in Korea, Eastern China and Far east Russia were considered to be Hyalessa fuscata (Distant, 1905) but recent taxonomic data shows H. fuscata is a synonym of H. maculaticollis.[1]

Description

The colour of Hyalessa maculaticollis varies between green and black depending on the location. Also, only the males make a calling sound, and this changes depending on the location. Japanese individuals have a call that sounds like 'min—minminminminmi...' (Japanese: ミーンミンミンミンミンミー…). Meanwhile, the sound of Korean individuals is like 'minminminminmi...' (Korean: 맴맴맴맴맴...) and a longer note duration (min—....) is found in the latter half of the sound. The sound of this species affected the Korean word '매미' (cicada). Chinese individuals' sound is similar to that of Korean individuals.

  • A male Hyalessa fuscata (now synonymized as H. maculaticollis) in Seoul, South Korea.

References
  • Wang, X.; Hayashi, M.; Wei, C. (2014). "NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information)". ZooKeys (369): 25–41. doi:10.3897/zookeys.369.6506. PMC 3904117. PMID 24478586.
  1. Catalogue of Life: 30 January 2017. Species Details : Hyalessa maculaticollis (Motschulsky, 1866)


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