Okanagana rubrovenosa Davis, 1915.
(c) Insect Singers.
Name, Location and Description
- Cicada Name: Okanagana rubrovenosa Davis, 1915
- Short Name: O. rubrovenosa
- Where it is found: AZ, CA, OR, UT
- Maps: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico [PDF]
- Description: Black and orange. Wings orange. Hairy.
- Eye Color: varies
- Pronotal Collar Color: orange
- Identification: Bug Guide
- Type Specimen Details: The American Museum of Natural Species
- Taxonomic Information: Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- Song: Insect Singers
- Identification: BugGuide
- Identification: iNaturalist
From Davis’ key to Okanagana1:
AA. Male uncus hooked at extremity.
B. Rather slender-bodied species with the venation of fore and hind wings colored almost uniformly throughout.
Black clothed with minute dark rufous hairs giving the insect a dull reddish aspect. Expands about 55 mm.
Classification:
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadettinae
Tribe: Tibicinini
Subtribe: Tibicinina
Genera: Okanagana
Species: Okanagana rubrovenosa Davis, 1915
List of sources
- 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.
- Full Binomial Names: ITIS.gov
- Common names: BugGuide.net; The Songs of Insects by Lang Elliott and Wil Herschberger; personal memory.
- Locations: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico by Allen F. Sanborn and Polly K. Phillips.
- 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.