Tacua speciosa
| 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: | Tacuini |
| Genus: | Tacua |
| Species: | T. speciosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Tacua speciosa (Illiger, 1800) | |
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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 turqouise-blue abdomen.
Distribution
This species can be found in Borneo, Sumatra, Java and in the Malay Peninsula.
Notes
- ↑ Distant, W.L. (1892). A Monograph of Oriental Cicadidae. London, West
References
- Biolib
- Zipcodezoo
- M.I. Zaidi W. Nordin, M. Maryati, A. Wahab, M.F. Norashikin, K. Catherine and A. Fatimah - Cicada (Homoptera: Ciadoidea) Fauna of Crocker Range Park, Sabah - Asean Review of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation (ARBEC) July–September 2002 Arbec.com
- "Notes on Indian Rhynchota - Homoptera"
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