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Akamba (cicada)
''Akamba'' is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae Cicadidae, the true cicadas, is the largest family of cicadas, with more than 3,200 species worldwide. The oldest known definitive fossils are from the Paleocene, a nymph from the Cretaceous Burmese amber has been attributed to the family, but co .... There is at least one described species in ''Akamba'', ''A. aethiopica''. References Further reading * * * * Chlorocystini Cicadidae genera {{Cicadidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family (taxonomy), family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cicadas
The cicadas () are a superfamily, the Cicadoidea, of insects in the order Hemiptera (true bugs). They are in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, along with smaller jumping bugs such as leafhoppers and froghoppers. The superfamily is divided into two families, the Tettigarctidae, with two species in Australia, and the Cicadidae, with more than 3,000 species described from around the world; many species remain undescribed. Cicadas have prominent eyes set wide apart, short antennae, and membranous front wings. They have an exceptionally loud song, produced in most species by the rapid buckling and unbuckling of drumlike tymbals. The earliest known fossil Cicadomorpha appeared in the Upper Permian period; extant species occur all around the world in temperate to tropical climates. They typically live in trees, feeding on watery sap from xylem tissue, and laying their eggs in a slit in the bark. Most cicadas are cryptic. The vast majority of species are active during the day as adults, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cicadidae
Cicadidae, the true cicadas, is the largest family of cicadas, with more than 3,200 species worldwide. The oldest known definitive fossils are from the Paleocene, a nymph from the Cretaceous Burmese amber has been attributed to the family, but could also belong to the Tettigarctidae. Description Cicadas are large insects characterized by their membranous wings, triangular-formation of three ocelli on the top of their heads, and their short, bristle-like antennae. Life cycle Cicadas are generally separated into two categories based on their adult emergence pattern. Annual cicadas remain underground as nymphs for two or more years and the population is not locally synchronized in its development, so that some adults mature each year or in most years. Periodical cicadas also have multiple-year life cycles but emerge in synchrony or near synchrony in any one location and are absent as adults in the intervening years. The most well-known periodical cicadas, genus ''Magicicada'', e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chlorocystini
Chlorocystini is a tribe of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. There are at least 20 genera and 170 described species in Chlorocystini. Members of Chlorocystini are found primarily in southeast Asia, Australasia, and the western Pacific. Isolated genera occur in Africa, South America, the Mascarene Islands, and Mauritius. Genera These 25 genera belong to the tribe Chlorocystini: * '' Aedeastria'' Boer, 1990 * '' Akamba'' Distant, 1905 * '' Baeturia'' Stål, 1866 * '' Cephalalna'' Boulard, 2006 * '' Chlorocysta'' Westwood, 1851 * '' Conibosa'' Distant, 1905 * '' Cystopsaltria'' Goding & Froggatt, 1904 * '' Cystosoma'' Westwood, 1842 * ''Decebalus'' Distant, 1920 * '' Dinarobia'' Mamet, 1957 * '' Durangona'' Distant, 1911 * '' Euthemopsaltria'' Moulds, 2014 * '' Fractuosella'' Boulard, 1979 * '' Glaucopsaltria'' Goding & Froggatt, 1904 * '' Guineapsaltria'' Boer, 1993 * '' Gymnotympana'' Stål, 1861 * '' Kumanga'' Distant, 1905 * '' Mirabilopsaltria'' Boer, 1996 * ''Muda'' Distant, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
