September
Periodical cicadas suffer legacy effects of century-old forest removal
Highlight: “Periodical cicada (Magicicada spp.) ranges have continued to decline even as their habitat has rebounded from historic lows. This counterintuitive trajectory may be a consequence of Magicicada’s limited dispersal capabilities combined with their requirement that individual host trees survive across decades.
Author: Ian Chan, Guerin E. Brown, Fabiola Castaneda-Santiago, Jacky S. Chitty, Tamra A. Elliott, Mattie J. Gose, Charlotte M. Hanfland, Stephen D. Hendrix, Carter R. Leerhoff, Susan K. Meerdink, Adam M. Skibbe, MaKella J. Steffensen, Christian L. Weinrich, Andrew A. Forbes.
Publication information: Ecology 107(9): e70487. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70487.
Link: Ecology Society of Americia.
Description of five new cicada species in the genus Yoyetta Moulds (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae), from eastern New South Wales, Australia
Highlight: “Five new species within the cicada genus Yoyetta Moulds 2012 are described, all with current distributions in eastern Australia”
Author: Emery, D.L., Bush, T.J. & Emery, N.J.
Publication information: Australia. Zootaxa, 5881 (2), 151–191. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5881.2.1
Link: Zootaxa.
February
The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Los Amigos Biostation, Peru with the description of a new species and three new records for Peru
Highlight: “The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Los Amigos Biostation, Peru are identified. Twenty-eight species representing 13 genera, three tribes, and two subfamilies were collected between August and December 2024. Guyalna protrudusa Sanborn sp. nov. is described along with the first female of Guyalna fasciata Sanborn, 2019.”
Author: ALLEN F. SANBORN, ERIN M. RIVERA GROVES, Adrian Forsyth
Publication information: Journal of Insect Biodiversity. Vol. 79 No. 1: 4 Feb. 2026. DOI: 10.12976/jib/2026.79.1.1
Link: Journal of Insect Biodiversity.
January
Antennal Sensilla Diversity in Some North American Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)
Highlight: Scanning electron microscopy was used to visualize the morphology of antennal sensilla found in a diverse group of North American cicadas.
Author: Allen F. Sanborn
Publication information: Insects. 2026, 17(1), 115; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects17010115
Link: Insects.