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Stagira (cicada)
''Stagira'' is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. There are at least 30 described species in ''Stagira''. Species These 39 species belong to the genus ''Stagira'': * '' Stagira abagnata'' Villet, 1997 * '' Stagira acrida'' (Walker, F., 1850) * '' Stagira aethlius'' (Walker, F., 1850) * '' Stagira caffrariensis'' Villet, 1997 * '' Stagira celsus'' Villet, 1997 * '' Stagira chloana'' Villet, 1997 * '' Stagira consobrina'' (Distant, 1920) * '' Stagira consobrinoides'' Villet, 1997 * '' Stagira dendrophila'' Villet, 1997 * '' Stagira dracomontana'' Villet, 1997 * '' Stagira dracomontanoides'' Villet, 1997 * '' Stagira elegans'' Villet, 1997 * '' Stagira empangeniensis'' Villet, 1997 * '' Stagira enigmatica'' Villet, 1997 * '' Stagira eshowiensis'' Villet, 1997 * '' Stagira furculata'' Villet, 1997 * '' Stagira fuscula'' Villet, 1997 * '' Stagira microcephala'' (Walker, F., 1850) * '' Stagira mystica'' Villet, 1997 * '' Stagira nasuta'' Villet, 1997 * '' Stagira natalensis'' ... [...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] |
