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Diceroprocta crucifera (Walker, 1850)

Diceroprocta crucifera (Walker, 1850) is a cicada found in Mexico.

Diceroprocta crucifera was formerly know as Cicada crucifera.

Scientific classification:
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadinae
Tribe: Cryptotympanini
SubTribe: Cryptotympanina
Genus: Diceroprocta
Species: Diceroprocta crucifera (Walker, 1850)


The image says Cicada crucifera, but the newest name of this cicada is Diceroprocta crucifera.

References:

  1. The illustration comes from Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Rhynchota. Hemiptera-Homoptera. Vol. 1. By W. L. Distant F.E.S. and The Rev. Canon W. W. Fowler, F.L.S. (1881-1905). Read it on the Biodiversity Heritage Library website.
  2. Species name verification comes from Allen Sanborn’s Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha).