Can you identify this cicada from Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia? The photo was taken by photographer Karim Madoya.
Update: here’s what it is: Cryptotympana aquila.
Scientific classification:
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadinae
Tribe: Cryptotympanini
SubTribe: Cryptotympanina
Genus: Cryptotympana
Species: Cryptotympana aquila (Walker, 1850)
3 replies on “Can you identify this cicada from Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia? (Cryptotympana aquila)”
Cryptotympana praeclara Hayashi
Dear Sir,
i think it is Melampsalta spp.
Cryptotympana aquila