Okanagana rubrovenosa Davis, 1915.

(c) Insect Singers.

Name, Location and Description

• Cicada Name: Okanagana rubrovenosa Davis, 1915
• Short Name: O. rubrovenosa
• Where it is found: AZ, CA, OR, UT
• Maps: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico [PDF]
• Description: Black and orange. Wings orange. Hairy.
• Eye Color: varies
• Pronotal Collar Color: orange
• Identification: Bug Guide
• Type Specimen Details: The American Museum of Natural Species
• Taxonomic Information: Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• Song: Insect Singers
• Identification: BugGuide
• Identification: iNaturalist

From Davis’ key to Okanagana¹:

AA. Male uncus hooked at extremity.

B. Rather slender-bodied species with the venation of fore and hind wings colored almost uniformly throughout.

Black clothed with minute dark rufous hairs giving the insect a dull reddish aspect. Expands about 55 mm.

Classification:

Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadettinae
Tribe: Tibicinini
Subtribe: Tibicinina
Genera: Okanagana
Species: Okanagana rubrovenosa Davis, 1915

List of sources

1. 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.
2. Full Binomial Names: ITIS.gov
3. Common names: BugGuide.net; The Songs of Insects by Lang Elliott and Wil Herschberger; personal memory.
4. Locations: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico by Allen F. Sanborn and Polly K. Phillips.
5. 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.

Okanagana pernix Bliven, 1964.

Name, Location and Description

• Cicada Name: Okanagana pernix Bliven, 1964
• Short Name: O. pernix
• Where it is found: CA
• 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
• Taxonomic Information: Integrated Taxonomic Information System

Classification:

Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadettinae
Tribe: Tibicinini
Subtribe: Tibicinina
Genera: Okanagana
Species: Okanagana pernix Bliven, 1964

List of sources

1. Full Binomial Names: ITIS.gov
2. Common names: BugGuide.net; The Songs of Insects by Lang Elliott and Wil Herschberger; personal memory.
3. Locations: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico by Allen F. Sanborn and Polly K. Phillips.
4. 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.

Okanagana orithyia Bliven, 1964

Name, Location and Description

• Cicada Name: Okanagana orithyia Bliven, 1964
• Short Name: O. orithyia
• Where it is found: CA
• 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
• Taxonomic Information: Integrated Taxonomic Information System

Classification:

Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadettinae
Tribe: Tibicinini
Subtribe: Tibicinina
Genera: Okanagana
Species: Okanagana orithyia Bliven, 1964

List of sources

1. Full Binomial Names: ITIS.gov
2. Common names: BugGuide.net; The Songs of Insects by Lang Elliott and Wil Herschberger; personal memory.
3. Locations: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico by Allen F. Sanborn and Polly K. Phillips.
4. 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.

Okanagana oregona Davis, 1916.

Name, Location and Description

• Cicada Name: Okanagana oregona Davis, 1916
• Short Name: O. oregona
• Where it is found: CA, ID, MT, OR, WA
• Maps: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico [PDF]
• Description: Black and orange.
• Eye Color: gray/black
• Pronotal Collar Color: orange
• Type Specimen Details: The American Museum of Natural Species
• 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. The expanse of fore wings 50 mm. or less; orange variegated with black at the base of both pairs of wings. (Some examples of fratercula exceed 50 mm.)

G. Pronotum in mature individuals black centrally margined with orange especially behind. In triangulata the grooves of the pronotum are sometimes orange colored.

Basal cell and venation of fore wings yellowish ; abdomen yellowish beneath with numerous silken hairs ; front of head and eyes not prominent.
Expands about 50 mm.

Similar to: Okanagana fratercula Davis, 1915 and Okanagana triangulata Davis, 1915.

Classification:

Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadettinae
Tribe: Tibicinini
Subtribe: Tibicinina
Genera: Okanagana
Species: Okanagana oregona Davis, 1916

List of sources

1. 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.
2. Full Binomial Names: ITIS.gov
3. Common names: BugGuide.net; The Songs of Insects by Lang Elliott and Wil Herschberger; personal memory.
4. Locations: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico by Allen F. Sanborn and Polly K. Phillips.
5. 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.

Name, Location and Description

• Cicada Name: Okanagana occidentalis (Walker in Lord, 1866)
• Short Name: O. occidentalis
• Where it is found: AZ, BC, AB, CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA
• Maps: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico [PDF]
• Description: Black with beige highlights.
• Eye Color: black
• Pronotal Collar Color: beige
• Identification: Bug Guide
• Identification: iNaturalist
• Taxonomic Information: Integrated Taxonomic Information System

From Davis’ key to Okanagana¹:

A. Male uncus not hooked at extremity, sometimes sinuate.

B. Expanse of fore wings more than 50 mm.

C. Base of fore and hind wings orange red more or less variegated with black.

DD. Outer edge of front wing of a more continuous curve. Medium sized species, except schaefferi, which is large.

EE. Legs, especially the front pair considerably blackened.

F. Shining species with rather broad wings, and the hind margin of pronotum orange or reddish.

Venation of the fore wings fuscous, except the costal margin, which is often narrowly edged with black, but otherwise greenish-orange to the end of the radial cell; subcostal vein black. Basal cell clear or nearly so. Pronotum edged on hind margin and at posterior angles and sometimes narrowly on sides with greenish-orange. Head small rather blunt in front, and proportionately broader than in the next species, very hairy on the dorsal surface and with a considerable amount of rather long hairs behind the eyes; beneath thickly clothed with whitish hairs. The last ventral segment of the female doubly notched. Expands about 60 mm.

Similar to: Okanagana schaefferi Davis, 1915, Okanagana rimosa rimosa (Say, 1830) aka Say’s Cicada, Okanagana canadensis (Provancher, 1889) aka Canadian Cicada, Okanagana tristis tristis Van Duzee, 1915 and Okanagana bella Davis, 1919 aka Mountain Cicada.

Classification:

Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadettinae
Tribe: Tibicinini
Subtribe: Tibicinina
Genera: Okanagana
Species: Okanagana occidentalis (Walker in Lord, 1866)

List of sources

1. 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.
2. Full Binomial Names: ITIS.gov
3. Common names: BugGuide.net; The Songs of Insects by Lang Elliott and Wil Herschberger; personal memory.
4. Locations: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico by Allen F. Sanborn and Polly K. Phillips.
5. 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.

Okanagana nigrodorsata Davis, 1923.

Name, Location and Description

• Cicada Name: Okanagana nigrodorsata Davis, 1923
• Short Name: O. nigrodorsata
• Where it is found: CA, NV, WA
• Maps: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico [PDF]
• Description: Black with dark brown highlights. Pruinose.
• Eye Color: black
• Pronotal Collar Color: black and dark brown
• Identification: Bug Guide
• Identification: iNaturalist
• Taxonomic Information: Integrated Taxonomic Information System

Classification:

Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadettinae
Tribe: Tibicinini
Subtribe: Tibicinina
Genera: Okanagana
Species: Okanagana nigrodorsata Davis, 1923

List of sources

1. Full Binomial Names: ITIS.gov
2. Common names: BugGuide.net; The Songs of Insects by Lang Elliott and Wil Herschberger; personal memory.
3. Locations: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico by Allen F. Sanborn and Polly K. Phillips.
4. 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.