Appearance
"Huechys sanguinea" can reach a length of about 20 millimetres. It is a small strikingly coloured cicada. The basic body color is deep scarlet with smoky-grey wings, but proboscis and limbs are deep black. These cicadas usually emerge synchronously in April. The specific name is from Latin "sanguis", blood.Naming
Four subspecies are recognized:⤷ "H. s. hainanensis"
⤷ "H. s. philaemata"
⤷ "H. s. suffusa"
⤷ "H. s. wuchangensis"
Distribution
This species is native to South- and Southeast Asia, specifically India and Myanmar, southern China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Singapore and down into Sumatra and Timor.References:
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