Okanagana lurida Davis, 1919

Name, Location and Description

• Cicada Name: Okanagana lurida Davis, 1919.
• Short Name: O. lurida
• Where it is found: BC, ID, OR, WA
• Maps: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico [PDF]
• Description: Black with a lot of orange
• Eye Color: Black & orange
• Pronotal Collar Color: orange
• Taxonomic Information: Integrated Taxonomic Information System

From Davis’ key to Okanagana¹:

A. Male uncus not hooked at extremity, sometimes sinuate.

B. Expanse of fore wings more than 50 mm.

C. Base of fore and hind wings orange red more or less variegated with black.

DD. Outer edge of front wing of a more continuous curve. Medium sized species, except schaefferi, which is large.

E. Legs almost entirely orange or greenish in color. Abdomen pale beneath including the rather long valve.

Pronotum as in Vandykei ; mesonotum reddish straw color, black centrally; tergum black with posterior edge of the segments pale. A shining species with the uncus seen from above shallowly noticed at the extremity, and sinuate on lower margin when seen in profile. Expands a little over 60 mm.

Similar to: Okanagana vandykei Van Duzee, 1915, Okanagana ornata Van Duzee, 1915 and Okanagana napa Davis, 1919.

Classification:

Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadettinae
Tribe: Tibicinini
Subtribe: Tibicinina
Genera: Okanagana
Species: Okanagana lurida Davis, 1919

List of sources

1. Davis, William T. Cicadas of the genera Okanagana, Tibicinoides and Okanagodes, with descriptions of several new species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. v27. 179-223. 1919. Link.
2. Full Binomial Names: ITIS.gov
3. Common names: BugGuide.net; The Songs of Insects by Lang Elliott and Wil Herschberger; personal memory.
4. Locations: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico by Allen F. Sanborn and Polly K. Phillips.
5. Descriptions, Colors: personal observations from specimens or photos from many sources. Descriptions are not perfect, but may be helpful.

Notes:

• Some descriptions are based on aged specimens which have lost some or a lot of their color.