Okanagana utahensis Davis, 1919
Song type: Call
Source: ©Insect Singers | Species: O. utahensis
Okanagana utahensis song by Tim McNary
Name, Location and Description
- Cicada Name: Okanagana utahensis Davis, 1919
- Short Name: O. utahensis
- When: July-July
- Where it is found: AZ, BC, CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA
- Maps: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico [PDF]
- Description: n/a
- Eye Color: n/a
- Pronotal Collar Color: n/a
- Identification: iNaturalist
- Taxonomic Information: Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- Song: Insect Singers
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 the hairs more upright than in striatipes, which it much resembles in markings. Dorsum of abdomen black, beneath central area usually black with hind margins of segments reddish. Basal cell darkened. Expands about 60 mm.
Similar cicada: Okanagana striatipes (Haldeman, 1852).
Classification:
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadettinae
Tribe: Tibicinini
Subtribe: Tibicinina
Genus: Okanagana
Species: 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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