Homepage: Cicadas by Genus and Species: Asia
Cicada Species of Asia
Many species shown on this page are not endemic to a single country. Typically if a cicada can be found in one country in Indo-China (Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam), it will be found in many others, as well as southern China.
Click/tap the images for larger versions, the species name and the name of the photographer.
Ambragaeana Chou & Yau, 1985
Ambragaeana ambra Chou & Yao, 1985
Ambragaeana ambra is found in Indo-China and China.
Angamiana Distant, 1890
Angamiana floridula Distant, 1904
Angamiana floridula is found in Indo-China and China.
Ayuthia Distant, 1919
Ayuthia spectabile Distant, 1919. Female.
Ayuthia spectabile is found in Indo-China and China.
- Ayuthia spectabile male photo from Thailand.
Becquartina Kato, 1940
Becquartina electa (Jacobi, 1902) from Thailand.
Becquartina electa is found in Indo-China and China.
Becquartina versicolor Boulard, 2005 Thailand.
Becquartina versicolor is found primarily in Thailand, but I imagine it can be found in adjacent nations as well.
Callogaeana Chou & Yao, 1985
Callogaeana festiva festiva (Fabricius, 1803). Formerly Gaeana festiva.
Callogaeana festiva festiva is found in Indo-China and China.
- Callogaeana festiva festiva (Fabricius, 1803) green/white form Thailand.
- C. festiva festiva yellow/orange from Thailand.
- C. festiva festiva orange/white.
- C. festiva festiva orange/white.
- C. festiva festiva black/orange.
Chremistica Stål, 1870
Cicadmalleus
Cryptotympana Stål, 1861
Cryptotympana aquila (Walker, 1850) from Thailand.
Cryptotympana aquila has a huge range from Korea south to Indo-China, as well as, Borneo, Sumatra and Brunei.
Female Cryptotympana atrata (Fabricius, 1775) from Korea.
Cryptotympana atrata has a large range from Indo-China north to Korea.
Cryptotympana mandarina Distant, 1891
Distantalna Boulard, 2009
Distantalna splendida (Distant, 1878)
- Distantalna splendida (Distant, 1878) photo. Thailand. Formerly Tosena splendida.
- Distantalna splendida (Distant, 1878) photo. Formerly Tosena splendida.
Dundubia Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
Dundubia sp.
Dundubia spiculata Noualhier, 1896
- Dundubia spiculata (Noualhier, 1896) photo. Thailand.
- A series of Dundubia photos [Thailand]
- A series of Dundubia photos [Thailand]
- A series of Dundubia photos [Thailand]
- Dundubia vaginata (Fabricis, 1787) missing abdomen photo. Malaysia.
- Dundubia blog posts
Euterpnosia Matsumura, 1917
Euterpnosia chibensis
- Euterpnosia chibensis Matsumura, 1917 photo. Japan.
- Euterpnosia chibensis Matsumura, 1917 photo. Japan.
Formotosena Kato, 1925
Formotosena montivaga (Distant, 1889)
- Formotosena montivaga photo [Thailand]
Gaeana Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
Gaeana cheni Chou & Yao, 1985
- Gaeana atkinsoni Distant, 1892 photo. India.
- Gaeana cheni Chou & Yao, 1985 photo. Thailand.
- Gaeana blog posts
Hyalessa China, 1925
Hyalessa maculaticollis maculaticollis (de Motschulsky, 1866)
- H. maculaticollis maculaticollis [Japan]
- H. maculaticollis maculaticollis [Japan]
Huechys Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
Huechys sanguinea (Degeer, 1773).
H. sanguinea can be found throughout Asia, including China, Indo-China, India & Pakistan.
Lyristes Horváth, 1926
Depending on who you ask, the Genus is Lyristes or Tibicen, so I'll mention both.
Lyristes flammatus or Tibicen flammatus (Distant, 1892)
L. flammatus aka T. flammatus (there is some dispute over the name of the genus) can be found in Japan, Korea and China.
Macrosemia Kato, 1925
Macrosemia chantrainei Boulard, 2003
Macrosemia tonkiniana (Jacobi, 1905)
Macrosemia umbrata
Orientopsaltria Kato, 1944
Orientopsaltria beaudouini Boulard, 2003
- Orientopsaltria beaudouini Boulard, 2003 [Thailand]
Platylomia Stål, 1870
Platylomia radah (Distant, 1881)
Platypleura Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
Platypleura capitata (Olivier, 1790)
Platypleura mira Distant, 1904
Platypleura mokensis Boulard, 2003
- Platypleura mokensis Boulard, 2003 [Thailand]
- Platypleura mira Distant, 1904o [Thailand]
- Platypleura capitata (Olivier, 1790) [India]
- Platypleura sp. photo [India]
- Male Platypleura kaempferi (Fabricius, 1794) [Japan]
Pomponia Stål, 1866
- Pomponia dolosa Boulard, 2001 [Thailand]
- Megapomponia imperatoria (Westwood, 1842) [Malaysia]
- Megapomponia intermedia (Distant, 1905) [Thailand]
- Pomponia linearis (Walker, 1850) [India]
- Pomponia sp. photo
Purana Distant, 1905
Salvazana Distant, 1913
Salvazana mirabilis imperialis Distant, 1918
Salvazana mirabilis mirabilis Distant, 1913
Sulphogaeana Chou & Yao, 1985
- Sulphogaeana sulphurea (Westwood, 1839) photo from Bhutan.
Tacua Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
Tacua speciosa (Illger, 1980)
Tailanga Distant, 1890
Tailanga binghami Distant, 1890.
T. binghami is found in China and the countries of Indo-China.
Tosena Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
Tosena paviei (Noualhier, 1896)
Tosena albata Distant, 1878.
- Tosena dives (Westwood, 1842)
- Tosena melanoptera (White, 1846)
- Tosena sp. photo [Vietnam]
- Tosena blog posts
Trengganua Moulton, 1923
Trengganua sibylla is found in Malaysia and Thailand.
Links for further research:
Southeast Asia
India
Japan
- Cicadae in Japan An excellent resource, including a list of Japanese cicadas, dozens of photos and audio files.
- Cicada stamps and sculptures from Japan and elsewhere
- Japanese insect pictures Many cicada photos!
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- Or try these blog categories India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Sumatra, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam
Cicada species names and locations verified using The Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) by Allen F Sanborn.