Cystosoma saundersii
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| Cystosoma saundersii Westwood, 1842
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Cystosoma saundersii, commonly known as the bladder cicada, is a species of cicada native to northeastern New South Wales and southeastern Queensland in Australia.[1]
Cystosoma saundersii are nocturnal and employ camouflage as a defense tactic.[2]
A recording of a Bladder Cicada (Cystosoma saundersii)
Life Cycle[]
Their median life cycle from egg to natural adult death is around four years.[3]
male specimen, Australian Museum
female specimen, Kanagawa Museum
Cystosoma saundersii camouflaging itself as a leaf.
References[]
- ^ Moulds, Maxwell Sydney (1990). Australian Cicadas. Kensington, New South Wales: New South Wales University Press. pp. 193–96. ISBN 0-86840-139-0.
- ^ "Bladder Cicada - Cystosoma saundersii". www.brisbaneinsects.com. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
- ^ 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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