Tacua speciosa

Tacua speciosa
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, 1800; Cicada speciosa (Illiger, 1800);

Tacua speciosa is a very large Southeast Asian species of cicada. It is the only member of the genus Tacua (from Chinese: 大鼓; pinyin: dàgǔ; Wade–Giles: ta⁴ku³; lit. 'big drum').^[1]

Description[edit]

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).^[2] Megapomponia, Pomponia and Tacua are the largest cicadas in the world. Tacua speciosa has black wings, a yellow-green collar, a red transverse stripe on the thorax and a turquoise-blue abdomen.

Distribution[edit]

This species can be found in Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Singapore, Malay Peninsula.^[3] It was once described as from North East India but it seems to be a mistake.^[4]

Notes[edit]

^ Amyot CJB, Audinet-Serville, JG (1843) Homoptères. Homoptera Latr. [In] Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Deuxième partie: 455-483. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, 676 pages.
^ Distant, W.L. (1892). A Monograph of Oriental Cicadidae. London, West
^ "Tacua speciosa". 11 October 2018.
^ 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 (4): e8051. doi:10.3897/BDJ.4.e8051. ISSN 1314-2828. PMC 5018104. PMID 27660527.

References[edit]

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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"
https://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/tacua-speciosa/

External links[edit]

A detailed photo of a T. speciosa

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[AMY1843-1] Amyot CJB, Audinet-Serville, JG (1843) Homoptères. Homoptera Latr. [In] Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Deuxième partie: 455-483. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, 676 pages.

[2] Distant, W.L. (1892). A Monograph of Oriental Cicadidae. London, West

[3] "Tacua speciosa". 11 October 2018.

[4] 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 (4): e8051. doi:10.3897/BDJ.4.e8051. ISSN 1314-2828. PMC 5018104. PMID 27660527.

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