Tacua speciosa

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Tacua speciosa
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Tacua speciosa from Borneo
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Mounted Tacua speciosa, at National Museum (Prague)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hemiptera
Suborder:
Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder:
Cicadomorpha
Superfamily:
Cicadoidea
Family:
Cicadidae
Subfamily:
Cicadinae
Tribe:
Genus:
Tacua
Species:
T. speciosa
Binomial name
Tacua speciosa
(Illiger, 1800)
Synonyms
  • Tettigonia speciosa Illiger 1800,
  • Cicada indica, Donovan
  • Cicada speciosa, Blanchard
  • Tacua speciosa, Am. et Serv.
Tacua speciosa at Zoologische Staatssammlung München

Tacua speciosa is a very large Southeast Asian species of cicada. It is the only member of its genus.

Description[]

Tacua speciosa has a wingspan of 15–18 cm (5.9–7.1 in) and a head-body length of 4.7–5.7 cm (1.9–2.2 in).[1] Megapomponia, Pomponia and Tacua are the largest cicadas in the world. Tacua speciosa has black wings, a yellow-green collar, a red transversal stripe on the thorax and a turquoise-blue abdomen.

Distribution[]

This species can be found in Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Singapore, Malay Peninsula.[2] It was once described as from North East India but it seems to be a mistake.[3]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Distant, W.L. (1892). A Monograph of Oriental Cicadidae. London, West
  2. ^ "Tacua speciosa".
  3. ^ Price, Benjamin Wills; Allan, Elizabeth Louise; Marathe, Kiran; Sarkar, Vivek; Simon, Chris; Kunte, Krushnamegh (2016-07-20). "The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka: an annotated provisional catalogue, regional checklist and bibliography". Biodiversity Data Journal (4). doi:10.3897/BDJ.4.e8051. ISSN 1314-2828. PMC 5018104. PMID 27660527.

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