Okanagana striatipes (Haldeman, 1852)
Name, Location and Description
- Cicada Name: Okanagana striatipes (Haldeman, 1852)
- Short Name: O. striatipes
- Where it is found: AZ, CA, CO, ID, KS, MT, NE, NV, NM, OR, SD, UT, WY
- Maps: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico [PDF]
- Description: Beige/orange and black.
- Eye Color: gray
- Pronotal Collar Color: beige/orange
- Taxonomic Information: Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- Identification: BugGuide
- Identification: iNaturalist
From Davis’ key to Okanagana1:
A. Male uncus not hooked at the extremity, sometimes sinuate.
BB. Stouter bodied species, the fore and hind wings variegated with orange and black at the base.
C. Third marginal cell more than one half as long as second ulnar area adjoining and immediately behind it.
D. Expand about 55 to 60 mm. Black species with basal portions of fore and hind wings orange variegated with black.
EE. Front of head conspicuously produced; silken hairs on underside of abdomen short and inconspicuous.
Dorsal surface with much appressed golden pubescence; abdomen black and yellowish above, and usually entirely yellowish beneath. The basal cell usually transparent.
Expands about 53 mm.
Similar cicada: Okanagana utahensis Davis, 1919.
List of sources
- Davis, William T. Cicadas of the genera Okanagana, Tibicinoides and Okanagodes, with descriptions of several new species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. v27. 179-223. 1919. Link.
- Full Binomial Names: ITIS.gov
- Common names: BugGuide.net; The Songs of Insects by Lang Elliott and Wil Herschberger; personal memory.
- Locations: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico by Allen F. Sanborn and Polly K. Phillips.
- Descriptions, Colors: personal observations from specimens or photos from many sources. Descriptions are not perfect, but may be helpful.
Notes:
- Some descriptions are based on aged specimens which have lost some or a lot of their color.
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