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Brood I Periodical

Meanwhile… Brood I

If you’re a Brood I cicada, you’re probably instar 4.

10 years ago meme (which is a thing in January of 2022):
10 year meme

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Music

Elena’s Cicada Song

Steve send us this video of his daughter Elena’s Cicada Song. I hope you enjoy it:

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Books

2021 Cicada Gift Guide

No matter what you celebrate — Christmas, Hanukkah, birthdays, graduations, Treat Yourself Day — cicada-related items are a great gift! At the end of 2021, I’m sharing cicada gift-related ideas, here and on social media. Check back for more tips.

The Season of the Cicadas by Les Daniels

The Season of Cicadas is the best general book about North American cicadas in print.

Season of the Cicadas

A photo guide to common cicadas of the Greater Sydney region by Nathan Emery

This is the best book about cicadas found in Australia in print. Get it from this website.

A photo guide to common cicadas of the Greater Sydney region

Cicadas of New Zealand by Olly Hills

This is the only book about the cicadas of New Zealand that I know of. Get it from this website.

Cicadas of New Zealand

Headbone Brood X Notebook

Many will remember the Brood X cicada emergence. How about a souvenir of the emergence and a useful notebook? Check out headbone’s Brood X notebook.

Headbone

Sue Fink’s Cicada Suite

Sue Fink’s “Cicada Suite” features 2 songs about cicadas on an adorable cicada-shaped flash drive. Irresistible!

Sue Fink

Cicadas!: Strange and Wonderful by Laurence Pringle. This book is good for kids, well-illustrated, and covers annual cicadas so it’s good any year.

Cicadas Strange and Wonderful by Laurence Pringle illustrated by Meryl Henderson

Cecily Cicada: 2021 Edition by Kita Helmetag Murdock and Patsy Helmetag

Cecily Cicada is a fictional story for kids about a cicada named Cecily. It is a perennial favorite.

Cecily Cicada 2021 cover

Each day I’ll add more gift ideas here.

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Papers and Documents

Cicada Research Published in 2021

This is a list of cicada-related research published in 2021.

More than 60 so far (12/24/2021). Email cicadamania@gmail.com with any more.

December

  1. Dandan, Wang & Huang, Zhi & Billen, Johan & Zhang, Guoyun & He, Hong & Wei, Cong. (2021). Complex co-evolutionary relationships between cicadas and their symbionts. Environmental Microbiology. 10.1111/1462-2920.15829. Link.
  2. Kritsky, Gene. (2021). One for the Books: The 2021 Emergence of the Periodical Cicada Brood X. American Entomologist. 67. 40-46. 10.1093/ae/tmab059. Link.
  3. Tomita, Kanji & Makoto, Kobayashi. (2021). Development of experimental mesocosms for cicada nymphs Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata: methodology and research recommendations. 93. 207-212. 10.25674/so93iss3id171. Link.
  4. Moulds, Max. (2021). A revision of the endemic Australian cicada genus Jassopsaltria Ashton, 1914 (Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Jassopsaltriini). Australian Entomologist. 48. 217-240. Link.
  5. Moriyama, Minoru & Yasuyama, Kouji & Numata, Hideharu. (2021). The formation of a hatching line in the serosal cuticle confers multifaceted adaptive functions on the eggshell of a cicada. Zoological Letters. 7. 10.1186/s40851-021-00178-8. Link.
  6. Tomita, Kanji. (2021). Camera traps reveal interspecific differences in the diel and seasonal patterns of cicada nymph predation. The Science of Nature. 108. 10.1007/s00114-021-01762-w. Link.
  7. Tian, Lejie & Liu, Hui & Zhang, Beiyi & Liu, Yi & Lv, Siye & Pang, Lingyan & Li, Junqi. (2021). Ni and CeO 2 Nanoparticles Anchored on Cicada-Wing-like Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbon as Bifunctional Catalysts for Water Splitting. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 10.1021/acsanm.1c03850. Link.
  8. Sanborn, Allen & Cole, Jeffrey & Stukel, Mark & Lukasik, Piotr & Veloso, Claudio & Gonzalez, Valorie & Karkar, Jessica & Simon, Chris. (2021). Thirteen new species of Chilecicada Sanborn, 2014 (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadidae: Tibicininae) expand the highly endemic cicada fauna of Chile. Zootaxa. 5078. 1-70. 10.11646/zootaxa.5078.1.1. Link.

November

  1. Kojevnikova, A.. (2021). The Study of Cicadas in the Conditions of the Fergana Valley of Uzbekistan. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Analysis. 04. 10.47191/ijmra/v4-i11-38. Link.
  2. Huang, Ailin & Wu, Tao & Wu, Xiuyun & Zhang, Biao & Shen, Yuanyuan & Wang, Suying & Song, Wenjun & Ruan, Haihua. (2021). Analysis of Internal and External Microorganism Community of Wild Cicada Flowers and Identification of the Predominant Cordyceps cicadae Fungus. Frontiers in microbiology. 12. 752791. 10.3389/fmicb.2021.752791. Link.
  3. Mozaffarian, Fariba. (2021). Cicadas and hoppers as pests of field crops in Iran (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Link.
  4. Mukaimine, Wataru & Kawatsu, Kazutaka & Toquenaga, Yukihiko. (2021). Digging out intersexual and meteorological effects on cicada emergence using 10-year citizen monitoring. Ecological Entomology. 10.1111/een.13109. Link.
  5. Poerio, Aurelia & Girardet, Thomas & Petit, Chloé & Fleutot, Solenne & Jehl, Jean-Philippe & Arab-Tehrany, Elmira & Mano, João F. & Cleymand, Franck. (2021). Comparison of the Physicochemical Properties of Chitin Extracted from Cicada orni Sloughs Harvested in Three Different Years and Characterization of the Resulting Chitosan. Applied Sciences. 11. 11278. 10.3390/app112311278. Link.

October

  1. Lee, Young & Mohagan, Alma. (2021). A new species of Oncotympana Stål, 1870 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Oncotympanini) from Negros, Philippines. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. Link.
  2. Simon, Chris & Cooley, John & Karban, Richard & Sota, Teiji. (2021). Advances in the Evolution and Ecology of 13- and 17-Year Periodical Cicadas. Annual review of entomology. 67. 10.1146/annurev-ento-072121-061108. Link.
  3. Nagata, Nobuaki & Toda, Mamoru & Ohbayashi, Takashi & Hayashi, Masami & Sota, Teiji. (2021). Phylogeography of cicadas on continental and oceanic islands in the northwestern Pacific region. Journal of Biogeography. 48. 10.1111/jbi.14262. Link.
  4. Umam, Rofiqul & Kinarya P, Endah & Yakin, Khusnul & Iqbal, Mochamad & Siregar, Rahmat nawi & Husein, Irzaman. (2021). Intensity level as sustainable energy: Analysis of the conversion of energy stored on cicadas sound waves. Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan Fisika Al-Biruni. 10. 35-44. 10.24042/jipfalbiruni.v10i2.9798. Link.

September

  1. Moulds, Max & Marshall, D & Popple, Lindsay. (2021). Kimberpsaltriini, a new tribe for a new Australian cicada allied to Talcopsaltria Moulds (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae). Australian Entomologist. 48. 149-160. Link.
  2. Zhang, Lijia & Wang, Siyue & Billen, Johan & Wei, Cong. (2021). Morphology and ultrastructure of the epithelial femoral gland in cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae). Arthropod Structure & Development. 64. 101086. 10.1016/j.asd.2021.101086. Link.
  3. Hajong, Sudhanya & Limatemjen,. (2021). Platylomia kohimaensis n. sp.—a new cicada species (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from the Naga Hills in the Eastern Himalayas. Zootaxa. 5047. 081-091. 10.11646/zootaxa.5047.1.7. Link.
  4. Kalesh, S.. (2021). A new species of Pomponia Stål, 1866 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from the Western Ghats, with notes on the status of P. linearis (Walker, 1850) from southern India. Zootaxa. 5040. 388-403. 10.11646/zootaxa.5040.3.4. Link.
  5. Bator, John & Marshall, David & Hill, Kathy & Cooley, John & Leston, Adam & Simon, Chris. (2021). Phylogeography of the endemic red-tailed cicadas of New Zealand (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Rhodopsalta ), and molecular, morphological and bioacoustical confirmation of the existence of Hudson’s Rhodopsalta microdora. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab065. Link.
  6. Zhang, Lijia & Wang, Siyue & Billen, Johan & Wei, Cong. (2021). Morphology and ultrastructure of the epithelial femoral gland in cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae). Arthropod Structure & Development. 64. 101086. 10.1016/j.asd.2021.101086. Link.
  7. Nguyen, Hoa & Kim, Yuseob & Yikweon, Jang. (2021). De Novo Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Potential Thermal Adaptation Mechanisms in the Cicada Hyalessa fuscata. Animals. 11. 2785. 10.3390/ani11102785. Link.
  8. Qian, Yi & Sun, Xin & Wang, Xin & Yang, Xin & Fan, Mengyao & Zhong, Jiao & Pei, Zejun & Guo, Junping. (2021). Mechanism of Cordyceps Cicadae in Treating Diabetic Nephropathy Based on Network Pharmacology and Molecular Docking Analysis. Journal of Diabetes Research. 2021. 1-10. 10.1155/2021/5477941. Link.

August

  1. Villet, Martin & Edwards, Shelley. (2021). The cicada genus Tugelana Distant, 1912 (Hemiptera, Cicadidae): phylogenetic position and conservation status. African Invertebrates. 62. 399-410. 10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.66891. Link.
  2. Haji, Diler & Vailionis, Jason & Stukel, Mark & Gordon, Eric & Lemmon, Emily & Lemmon, Alan & McCutcheon, John & Simon, Chris. (2021). Host-associated microbial diversity in New Zealand cicadas uncovers elevational structure and replacement of obligate bacterial endosymbionts by Ophiocordyceps fungal pathogens. 10.1101/2021.08.24.457591. Link.

July

  1. Zhao, Chenchen. (2021). High-throughput sequencing yields a complete mitochondrial genome of the Cryptotympana atrata (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 6. 1883-1885. 10.1080/23802359.2021.1934154. Link.
  2. Pham, Thai & Lee, Young June. (2021). A new genus and species of the subtribe Leptopsaltriina (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Leptopsaltriini) from Vietnam, with a key to the genera of Leptopsaltriina. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 10.1016/j.aspen.2021.07.011. Link.
  3. Setyo Budi, Anang & Encilia, Encilia & Qodri, Agmal. (2021). IDENTIFIKASI MORFOMETRI EXUVIA TONGGERET DI KEBUN RAYA BOGOR (MORPHOMETRICS IDENTIFICATION OF CICADA EXUVIAE IN BOGOR BOTANICAL GARDENS). 30. 10.52508/zi.v30i1.3996. Link.
  4. Sousa P, Grosso-Silva JM, Andrade R, Chaves C, Pinto J, Paupério J, Beja P, Ferreira S (2021) The InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: DNA barcodes of Portuguese Hemiptera 01. Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e65314. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e65314 Link.
  5. Malakoff, David & Stokstad, Erik. (2021). Something is killing U.S. birds. It’s not cicadas. Science. 373. 146-146. 10.1126/science.373.6551.146. Link.
  6. Kojevnikova, Alevtina. (2021). HARMFUL CICADA GENUS EMPOASCA WALSH OF THE FERGANA VALLEY. Universum:Chemistry & biology. 84. 10.32743/UniChem.2021.84.6.11700. Link.
  7. Lao, Thuan & Trinh, Van Hanh & Vuong, Loi & Vu Tien, Luyen & Le, Thuy & Dinh, Hiep & Truong, Nguyen. (2021). Molecular record for the first authentication of Isaria cicadae from Vietnam. Open Life Sciences. 16. 711-718. 10.1515/biol-2021-0074. Link.

June

  1. Escola, João & Guido, Rodrigo & Silva, Ivan & Maccagnan, Douglas & Cardoso, Alexandre & Souza, Uender. (2021). Estado da arte no monitoramento acústico de Cicadidae em lavouras de café: State of the art in acoustic monitoring of Cicadidae in coffee crops. Revista Macambira. 5. e051007. 10.35642/rm.v5i1.562. Link.
  2. Emery, Nathan & Emery, David. (2021). A new cicada species, Haemopsalta eximia (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from north-western Sydney, Australia. Australian Entomologist. 48. 97. Link.
  3. Sanborn, Allen & Allick, Earl & Apang, Sandee & Castillo, Izyanna & Cruz, Erica & Davis, Theophilus & Duncan, Cory & Fierro, Fanny & Gebaide, Marla & Luke, Abigail & Pacheco, Maria & Paz-Castillo, Daniel & Perez, Laura & Poeck, Ana & Seepersaud, Adrian & Valdes, Carolina. (2021). Flight system morphology and minimum flight temperature in North American cicadas (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadidae). Journal of Thermal Biology. 100. 103004. 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2021.103004. Link.
  4. Pons, Pere & Carbonell-Font, Rafael & Franch, Martí & Lay, Josep & Espejo Fraga, Daniel & Fontelles, Ferran & Funosas, David & Fusellas, Marc & Puig-Gironès, Roger & Tobella, Carles & Franch, Marc. (2021). Diversitat, distribució i fenologia de les cigales (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) a Catalunya (NE Península Iberica) – Diversity, distribution and phenology of cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) in Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula) – Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d’Història Natural. 85. 59. 10.2436/20.1502.01.74. Link.
  5. WANG, SIYUE & PENG, XIAODONG & Wei, Cong. (2021). A review of the cicada genus Haphsa Distant, 1905 with the description of one new species from China (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) and a phylogenetic analysis of Haphsa and its allies. Zootaxa. 4991. 523-538. 10.11646/zootaxa.4991.3.5. Link.
  6. Li J, Liu H, Wu Y, Ye L, Huang X (2021) A dataset on type specimens of hemipteran insects in China. Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e64443. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e64443 Link.
  7. Crespi, Sarah. (2021). Cicada citizen science, and expanding the genetic code. Science. 10.1126/science.abj7361. Link.
  8. Tian, Juanjuan & Zhang, Cangping & Wang, XiaoMeng & Rui, Xin & Zhang, Qiuqin & Chen, Xiaohong & Dong, Mingsheng & Li, Wei. (2021). Structural characterization and immunomodulatory activity of intracellular polysaccharide from the mycelium of Paecilomyces cicadae TJJ1213. Food Research International. 147. 110515. 10.1016/j.foodres.2021.110515. Link.

May

  1. Dandan, Wang & Liu, Yunxiang & Yan, Su & Wei, Cong. (2021). Bacterial Communities in Bacteriomes, Ovaries and Testes of three Geographical Populations of a Sap-Feeding Insect, Platypleura kaempferi (Hemiptera: Cicadidae). Current Microbiology. 78. 10.1007/s00284-021-02435-7. Link.
  2. Cen, Qi-Wen & Wang, Zheng-Yun & Tang, Zhen-Xing & Zhang, Yu & Chen, Tao & Xue, Da-Wei & Xu, Ming-Feng & Bai, Xue-Lian & Zhou, Ting & Shi, Lu-E. (2021). Initial Purification of Antimicrobial Fermentation Metabolites from Paecilomyces cicadae and Its Antimicrobial Mechanism. LWT. 148. 111785. 10.1016/j.lwt.2021.111785. Link.
  3. Su, Qihui & Zhang, Zhicai & Liu, Xiaocui & Wang, Feng. (2021). The transcriptome analysis on urea response mechanism in the process of ergosterol synthesis by Cordyceps cicadae. Scientific Reports. 11. 10927. 10.1038/s41598-021-90377-2. Link.
  4. Zeng, Zhaoying & Mou, Dan & Luo, Li & Zhong, Wenlin & Duan, Lin & Xiao, Zou. (2021). Different Cultivation Environments Affect the Yield, Bacterial Community and Metabolites of Cordyceps cicadae. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 669785. 10.3389/fmicb.2021.669785. Link.

April

  1. EWART, A. & Moulds, Max. (2021). An impressive new species of Mugadina from Queensland with notes on a congeneric species (Cicadidae: Cicadettinae: Cicadettini). Zootaxa. 4963. 563-576. 10.11646/zootaxa.4963.3.9. Link.
  2. Cooley, John & Marshall, David & Simon, Chris. (2021). Documenting Single-Generation Range Shifts of Periodical Cicada Brood VI (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada spp.). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 114. 10.1093/aesa/saab007. Link.
  3. Sanborn, Allen. (2021). A new species, genus and tribe of cicada (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae: Tibicininae) from Chile with a list of Chilean cicada fauna. Zootaxa. 4952. 87-100. 10.11646/zootaxa.4952.1.5. Link.
  4. Reid, Graham & McCormack, James & Habimana, Olivier & Bayer, Fabian & Goromonzi, Catherine & Casey, Eoin & Cowley, Aidan & Kelleher, Susan. (2021). Biomimetic Polymer Surfaces by High Resolution Molding of the Wings of Different Cicadas. Materials. 14. 1910. 10.3390/ma14081910. Link.

March

  1. WANG, JIALI & DUFFELS, JOANNES & WEI, CONG. (2021). Description of a new species of the genus Maua Distant (Hemiptera, Cicadidae) from China. Zootaxa. 4949. 582-588. 10.11646/zootaxa.4949.3.8. Link.
  2. Lee, Young June. (2021). A new species of Platypleura Amyot & Audinet-Serville (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Platypleurini) from Mindanao, Philippines. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 14. 10.1016/j.japb.2021.03.003. Link.
  3. Cole, Jeffrey. (2021). Bioacoustics of California Cacama Distant, 1904 with the first state record of C. moorei Sanborn & M. Heath, 2011 (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 97. 10.3956/2021-97.1.13. Link.
  4. Pham, Thai & Lee, Young June. (2021). A new genus and species of the subtribe Aolina (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Dundubiini) from Vietnam, with discussion on the taxonomic positions of Meimuna-like genera and species groups. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 24. 10.1016/j.aspen.2021.02.012. Link.

February

  1. Ruschel, Tatiana & Sanborn, Allen. (2021). Two new genera and species of Fidicinini Distant, 1905 with a re-description of Nosola Stål, 1866 (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadidae). Zootaxa. 4920. 509-527. 10.11646/zootaxa.4920.4.3. Link.
  2. Sanborn, Allen. (2021). The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae) of Madagascar including a new tribe, five new genera, twelve new species, four new species synonymies, five revised species status, ten new combinations, new tribal assignments for four genera, one new subtribe synonymy, a checklist and key to the species Zootaxa. Vol. 4937 No. 1: 24. Link.

January

  1. Thapa, Punam & Katila, Nikita & Choi, Hyukjae & Han, Ah-Reum & Choi, Dong-Young & Nam, Joowon. (2021). Neuroprotective Effects of N-Acetyldopamine Dimers from Cicadidae Periostracum. Link.
  2. Mahmoudikordi, Farzaneh & Balvardi, Mohammad & Akhavan, Hamid-Reza. (2021). Optimization of Ethanol-Assisted Aqueous Oil Extraction from a Cicadidae Sp. 10.1101/2021.01.24.427958. Link.
  3. Sanborn, Allen & Villet, Martin. (2021). A New Species of Buyisa Distant, 1907 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae: Cicadettini) from South Africa. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 123. 10.4289/0013-8797.123.1.199. Link.
  4. Park, Gunhyuk & Moon, Byeong & Ryu, Seung & Kim, Wook & Lim, Hye-Sun. (2021). Cicadidae Periostracum Attenuates Atopic Dermatitis Symptoms and Pathology via the Regulation of NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2021. 1-16. 10.1155/2021/8878153. Link.
  5. Hill, Kathy & Marshall, David & Marathe, Kiran & Moulds, Max & Lee, Young June & Pham, Thai & Mohagan, Alma & Sarkar, Vivek & Price, Benjamin & Duffels, J. & Schouten, Marieke & Boer, Arnold & Kunte, Krushnamegh & Simon, Chris. (2021). The molecular systematics and diversification of a taxonomically unstable group of Asian cicada tribes related to Cicadini Latreille, 1802 (Hemiptera : Cicadidae). Invertebrate Systematics. 35. 10.1071/IS20079. Link.
  6. Allen F. Sanborn “A New Genus and Species of Neotropical Taphurini Distant, 1905 (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae) from Brazil with a Note on the Taxonomic Position of Prosotettix Jacobi, 1907,” Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 123(1), 190-198, (29 January 2021). Link.
  7. Sarkar, Vivek & Mahapatra, Cuckoo & Mohapatra, Pratyush & Kunte, Krushnamegh. (2021). Description of three new species of the genus Mata Distant, 1906 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Oncotympanini) with notes on their natural history from Indian state of Meghalaya, India. Zootaxa. 4908. 1-28. 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.1.1. Link.
  8. Kye, Geunho & Machta, Jonathan & Abbott, Karen & Hastings, Alan & Huffmyer, William & Ji, Fang & Liebhold, Andrew & Blackwood, Julie. (2021). Sharp boundary formation and invasion between spatially adjacent periodical cicada broods. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 515. 110600. 10.1016/j.jtbi.2021.110600. Link.
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Botswana Lesotho Namibia South Africa Zimbabwe

Cicadas of southern Africa: An illustrated guide to known species by R.D. Stephen

It isn’t often we get a single cicada publication as complete and awesome as Cicadas of southern Africa: An illustrated guide to known species by R.D. Stephen. The document is 224 pages long and includes color photos of dozens of cicadas with maps & text descriptions. This guide covers cicadas from Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.

R.D. Stephen's Cicadas of southern Africa

Thanks to beetledude in iNaturalist and David Emery for letting me know.

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Ayuthia Ayuthiini Distantalna

New tribe Ayuthiini

The paper The molecular systematics and diversification of a taxonomically unstable group of Asian cicada tribes related to Cicadini Latreille, 1802 (Hemiptera:Cicadidae)1 has introduced a new tribe Ayuthiini, replacing Tosenini for two genera of cicadas: Distantalna and Ayuthia.

New Tribe Ayuthiina

1 Hill Kathy B. R., Marshall David C., Marathe Kiran, Moulds Maxwell S., Lee Young June, Pham Thai-Hong, Mohagan Alma B., Sarkar Vivek, Price Benjamin W., Duffels J. P., Schouten Marieke A., de Boer Arnold J., Kunte Krushnamegh, Simon Chris (2021) The molecular systematics and diversification of a taxonomically unstable group of Asian cicada tribes related to Cicadini Latreille, 1802 (Hemiptera:Cicadidae). Invertebrate Systematics 35, 570-601. https://doi.org/10.1071/IS20079

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England Tibicina

A cicada… in England?!

A few years back a project was launched to discover if the New Forest cicada (Cicadetta montana) still exists in England. It once existed in southern England for sure, but seems to have gone extinct. To date, none have been found.

Recently a cicada was reported found in England on iNaturalist, appearing to belong to the genus Tibicina. The best resource for European cicadas is SONGS OF EUROPEAN SINGING CICADAS. Looking at the navigation of the website it looks like there are nine Tibicina in Europe (maybe more). The cicada on iNaturalist is brown with orange highlights: u-shaped marks on its mesonotum, an orange outline of its pronotal collar, and an orange line down the middle of its head. Wing veins appear brown & black and appear to be warped during the molting process. It might be teneral — still soft from the molting process — and so its adult colors have not fully developed.

So — is it a native to England or a stowaway in some cargo from mainland Europe?

The Twitter account @MorphoCicada posted this on Twitter, which alerted me to the matter.

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Megatibicen Neocicada

Hieroglyphic cicada locations in New Jersey

Hieroglyphic cicadas (Neocicada hieroglyphica aka Hieroglyphic Cicada) are present in most of southern New Jersey, particularly the Pine Barrens area which has sandy soil (pure sand in a lot of places) and many pine and oak trees. This area is historically prone to fires because of the dry sandy soil and sappy pines. The fact that at least some Hieroglyphic cicadas appear every year and spend many years underground probably helps them circumvent minor fires.

Here’s a photo of a Hieroglyphic and Northern Dusk-Singing Cicada exuvia (shed skin). Quite a difference! Brendan T. Byrne State Forest.
Auletes and Hieroglyphic

Some Locations:

  • Brendan T. Byrne State Forest. Website. This is the best location I’ve found. Pine & oak forests with huckleberry undergrowth. Sandy soil. A good place to record and study their calls, as there is minimal interference from the general public. Exuvia of Hieroglyphic, Northern Dusk-Singing Cicada, and Neotibicen cicadas were easily found. Hieroglyphic Cicada choruses were very loud in the middle of the month (7/10-15), but by 7/31 very few were audible — look for them in late June, or early July.
  • 1900 NJ-70, Manchester Township, NJ. This is a strip mall with a good pizza restaurant (Pop’s), a bar, and a breakfast restaurant. The mall is surrounded by pines and oaks and is a good place for hearing Hieroglyphic and Northern Dusk-Singing Cicadas, as well as some Neotibicen.
  • 1936 Wildland Firefighter Memorial. 151-195 Greenbush Rd. Little Egg Harbor Twp, NJ. An interesting park that features the ruins of some buildings, and the typical combination of sandy soil, pine, oak, and huckleberry. Hieroglyphic cicadas were heard calling on pine trees. I believe this location is within Bass River State Forest.
  • Batso Village. Website. 31 Batsto Rd, Hammonton, NJ 08037. Batso Village is a large recreation of the Batso Village which produced iron and glass in the 18th century. It offers 3 or 4 trails that feature groves of pine trees inhabited by Hieroglyphic cicadas.
  • Franklin Parker Preserve. Website. Chatsworth Lake Entrance, 1450 County Rd 532, Chatsworth, NJ 08019. Some blackjack oak and sassafrass, but the forest is mostly pine. Hieroglyphic cicadas are present and audible. The exuvia of small Neotibicen were present, and either N. canicularis or N. davisi are audible (I wouldn’t tell which).

All these areas are heavily infested with ticks, deer flies, and in some cases, mosquitos. Take precaution.

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Gaeanini Maurice Noualhier Papers and Documents Vittagaeana

A new genus Vittagaeana and a new Cicada paper to go with it

Recently a new paper was published with the authors Kathy B. R. Hill, David C. Marshall, Kiran Marathe, Maxwell S. Moulds, Young June Lee, Thai-Hong Pham, Alma B. Mohagan, Vivek Sarkar, Benjamin W. Price, J. P. Duffels, Marieke A. Schouten, Arnold J. de Boer, Krushnamegh Kunte and Chris Simon titled The molecular systematics and diversification of a taxonomically unstable group of Asian cicada tribes related to Cicadini Latreille, 1802 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) in Invertebrate Systematics, 2021, 35, 570—601. Link to the paper.

Here’s the abstract:

Abstract. The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) related to tribe Cicadini exhibit some of the most remarkable phenotypes in the family, with many genera possessing striking colour patterns and unusual morphological features. This largely Asian group of 13 tribes has proven challenging for cicada taxonomists, in part because of likely convergent evolution or losses of these phenotypes. We present the first focused molecular phylogeny of this clade, including ~60 described genera. The genetic dataset contains 839 ingroup-informative sites (out of 2575) from mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I, nuclear elongation factor-1 a, and nuclear acetyltransferase. We use Bayesian and maximum likelihood trees to test recent changes in tribe- and subtribe-level classification, and we reconstruct ancestral character states for potentially convergent traits influencing tribe descriptions. We use fossil and molecular clock calibrations to estimate the temporal and geographic context of the radiation. The tribes Gaeanini, Leptopsaltriini, Platypleurini, Psithyristriini, and Tosenini appear polyphyletic and in need of revision, in part because of convergent evolution of opaque wings and multiple convergent gains or losses of abdominal tubercles. Kalabita Moulton, 1923 is transferred from Platypleurini to Leptopsaltriini. Vittagaeana gen. nov. is established for Vittagaeana paviei comb. nov. and Vittagaeana dives comb. nov., formerly in Tosena. Sinosenini syn. nov. is synonymised with

As part of the paper, we get a new genus, Vittagaeana, made up of two cicadas formerly belonging to the genus Tosena. They were likely placed under Tosena because of the white line on their forewings, but after a review of genetics and other features, they have been given their own genus. They are closely related to the genera Ambragaeana, Callogaeana, Gaeana, Sulphogaeana and Trengganua. Also similar to Balinta, Paratalainga, and Talainga.

Vittagaeana dives (Westwood, 1842), formerly Tosena dives:
Tosena dives (Westwood, 1842)
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Vittagaeana paviei (Noualhier, 1896), formerly Tosena paviei:
Tosena paviei
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