Tacua speciosa is a very large Southeast Asian species of cicada. It is the only member of the genus Tacua (from Chinese: 大鼓; pinyin: dàgǔ; Wade–Giles: ta4ku3; lit. 'big drum').[1]

Tacua speciosa
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Tacua
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T. speciosa
Binomial name
Tacua speciosa
(Illiger, 1800)
Synonyms
  • Tettigonia speciosa Illiger, 1800
  • Cicada indica Donovan, 1800
  • Cicada speciosa (Illiger, 1800)

Description

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Tacua speciosa has a wingspan of 15–18 cm (5.9–7.1 in) and a head-body length of 4.7–5.7 cm (1.9–2.2 in).[2] Megapomponia, Pomponia and Tacua are the largest cicadas in the world. Tacua speciosa has black wings, a yellow-green collar, a red transverse stripe on the thorax and a turquoise-blue abdomen.

Distribution

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This species can be found in Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Singapore, Malay Peninsula.[3] It was once described as from North East India but it seems to be a mistake.[4]

Notes

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  1. ^ Amyot CJB, Audinet-Serville, JG (1843) Homoptères. Homoptera Latr. [In] Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Deuxième partie: 455-483. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, 676 pages.
  2. ^ Distant, W.L. (1892). A Monograph of Oriental Cicadidae. London, West
  3. ^ "Tacua speciosa". 11 October 2018.
  4. ^ Price, Benjamin Wills; Allan, Elizabeth Louise; Marathe, Kiran; Sarkar, Vivek; Simon, Chris; Kunte, Krushnamegh (2016-07-20). "The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka: an annotated provisional catalogue, regional checklist and bibliography". Biodiversity Data Journal. 4 (4): e8051. doi:10.3897/BDJ.4.e8051. ISSN 1314-2828. PMC 5018104. PMID 27660527.

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