Tacua speciosa

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

Tacua speciosa
Tacua speciosa from Borneo
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)
Synonyms
  • Tettigonia speciosa Illiger 1800,
  • Cicada indica, Donovan
  • Cicada speciosa, Blanchard
  • Tacua speciosa, Am. et Serv.
Tacua speciosa at Zoologische Staatssammlung München

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 and North East India

Notes
  1. Distant, W.L. (1892). A Monograph of Oriental Cicadidae. London, West

References


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