Comments on: Cicada from Sumatra: ID them it you can

By: David Emery

David Emery — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:31:45 +0000

Dear Messrs Agus and Arga,
I suspect that your cicada season is over now. you may get some small numbers in August, but will now have to wait until next February to get these species again. Good luck!

By: Mr. agus and mr. arga

Mr. agus and mr. arga — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:48:22 +0000

Dear mr. David Emery.

Grate fulkl thank for information. I confirm all photo taken from rejang land, south west sumatra island, with height about 600 – 700m above from level sea. All specimen taken at nature, so it live. We not catch the specimen, just take the picture.

If we find another cicada we will inform you again.

Best regard

From Rejang Land

By: David Emery

David Emery — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:03:20 +0000

Dear Messrs Agus and Arga,
Heuchys sanguinea IS found in Sumatra and throughout SE Asia, but H incarnata and another species are also found in Java. It is not useful to load photos from other countries to ebable an ID, as you may have a new species from Rejang Land!! The freshness of the specimens will determine if “blues and greens” are held on stored specimens such as T.depicta and Tacua speciosa, as they “yellow or fade” with storage unless fixed when fresh with formalin or glutaraldehyde. This is noted with species A (Cryptotympana) as the green fades to browny-grey in storage.
A better ID for each of these 3 cicadas would come from a photo of a spread (local) specimen WITH the measurements. With these, H.sanguinea (C)is probably 100% correct, T depicta (B) is probably correct as it is found in Malaysia and the Cryptotympana genus (A) is correct, but the species may not be C.diomedea if the photo is NOT from Rejang. My specimens come from SW Sumatra, as do those described in Hayashi (1987).

By: mr agus and Mr arga

mr agus and Mr arga — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:10:08 +0000

Dear sir.
I upload all cicada at my site from rejang land at main blog :
Http://rejang-lebong.blogspot.com

The ID just for temporary and need correction.

The B id look like the tosena depicta, the comparison pic I upload at blog come from borneo. But different look at strip, thats from rejang land, have blue strip, the borneo have green strip at head.

http://rejang-lebong.blogspot.com/2009/07/tosena-depicta-sumatra-cicadidae-from.html

I sit the sama sub species? If its different, please infrom me the ID. The tosena sp from rejang land have blue strip at head.

The pattern for tosena fasciata not match with this cicada. Due I dont have expert at this cicada may be some one can explain to me.

For A I got the name from mr. david, and he email me, if any correction please email me at taneakjang@gmail.com

The C many person say that is Huechys Sanguinea.,any idea for this ID from sumatra?

If we found another cicada from rejang land we will let you know.

Best regard from rejang land

By: David E

David E — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:14:17 +0000

B looks more like Tosena fasciata- larger than T.depicta

By: David E

David E — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:13:14 +0000

A looks like Cryptotympana diomeda but one would have to see the dimensions- it is one of the largest of the Cryptotympana genus.
david

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:58:16 +0000

Paul, that’s absolutely what it is… in fact I have one in my own collection. Brain not working.

By: Paul Krombholz

Paul Krombholz — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:18:55 +0000

Cicada C looks like Huechys sanguinea, pictured a little earlier on this site.