{"id":14320,"date":"2016-04-13T19:01:31","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T02:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/?p=14320"},"modified":"2024-08-01T19:36:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T02:36:24","slug":"okanagana-synodica-synodica-say-1825-aka-walking-cicada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/okanagana-synodica-synodica-say-1825-aka-walking-cicada\/","title":{"rendered":"Okanagana synodica synodica (Say, 1825) aka Walking Cicada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okanagana synodica synodica (Say, 1825).<\/p>\n<p>News (6\/10\/2021): This cicada was recently found in Oklahoma. Read more on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/oklahomacicadas\/posts\/2013170675487604\">the Oklahoma Cicadas Facebook Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Song type: <strong>Call<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-14320-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/07.US_.NM_.SFW_.T07.Okanagana_synodica_filtered.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/07.US_.NM_.SFW_.T07.Okanagana_synodica_filtered.mp3\">https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/07.US_.NM_.SFW_.T07.Okanagana_synodica_filtered.mp3<\/a><\/audio><br \/>\nSource: <strong>&copy;<a href=\"http:\/\/insectsingers.com\/\">Insect Singers<\/a><\/strong> | Species: <strong>O. synodica synodica<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Name, Location and Description<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"speciesinfo\">\n<li><strong>Cicada Name:<\/strong> Okanagana synodica synodica (Say, 1825)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Short Name:<\/strong> O. synodica synodica<\/li>\n<li><strong>Common Name:<\/strong> Walking Cicada<\/li>\n<li><strong>When:<\/strong> May-July<\/li>\n<li><strong>Where it is found:<\/strong> AB, AZ, CA, CO, IA, KS, MO, MT, NE, NM, ND, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WY<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maps:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/downloads\/diversity-05-00166.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico<\/a> [PDF]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Description:<\/strong> Light orange and black.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eye Color:<\/strong> red\/purple<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pronotal Collar Color:<\/strong> light orange<\/li>\n<li><strong>Identification:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/25175\" >Bug Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Identification:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/taxa\/226281-Okanagana-synodica\" >iNaturalist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Image:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insectimages.org\/browse\/subthumb.cfm?sub=10559&#038;Fam=117\" >Insect Images<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Taxonomic Information:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itis.gov\/servlet\/SingleRpt\/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&#038;search_value=847518\" >Integrated Taxonomic Information System<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Song:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insectsingers.com\/100th_meridian_cicadas\/index.html\" >Insect Singers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>From Davis&#8217; key to Okanagana<sup>1<\/sup>:<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>\nA. Male uncus not hooked at the extremity, sometimes sinuate. <\/p>\n<p>BB. The expanse of fore wings 50 mm. or less; orange variegated with black at base of both pairs of wings. (Some examples of fratercula exceed 50 mm.) <\/p>\n<p>GG. Pronotum in mature individuals black with the central portions variegated with orange or yellow. Basal cell of fore wings yellowish or translucent. <\/p>\n<p>Head small, front prominent; discal yellow marks extending from the mesonotal X to the front margin of the mesonotum. The veins surrounding the first seven marginal cells of the fore wing infuscated.<br \/>\nExpands about 42 mm.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Similar to: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/okanagana-balli-davis-1919\/\">Okanagana balli Davis, 1919<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Classification:<\/h2>\n<p>Family: Cicadidae<br \/>\nSubfamily: Cicadettinae<br \/>\nTribe: Tibicinini<br \/>\nSubtribe: Tibicinina<br \/>\nGenus: Okanagana<br \/>\nSpecies: Okanagana synodica<br \/>\nSubspecies: <strong><em>Okanagana synodica synodica<\/em> (Say, 1825)<\/strong><br \/>\nSubspecies: <em>Okanagana synodica nigra<\/em> Davis, 1944\t<\/p>\n<h2>List of sources<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>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. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biodiversitylibrary.org\/part\/34193\">Link<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Full Binomial Names: ITIS.gov<\/li>\n<li>Common names: BugGuide.net; <em>The Songs of Insects<\/em> by Lang Elliott and Wil Herschberger; personal memory.<\/li>\n<li>Locations: <em>Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico<\/em> by Allen F. Sanborn and Polly K. Phillips.<\/li>\n<li>Descriptions, Colors: personal observations from specimens or photos from many sources. Descriptions are not perfect, but may be helpful.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Notes:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Some descriptions are based on aged specimens which have lost some or a lot of their color.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okanagana synodica synodica (Say, 1825). News (6\/10\/2021): This cicada was recently found in Oklahoma. Read more on the Oklahoma Cicadas Facebook Page. Song type: Call Source: &copy;Insect Singers | Species: O. synodica synodica Name, Location and Description Cicada Name: Okanagana synodica synodica (Say, 1825) Short Name: O. synodica synodica Common Name: Walking Cicada When: May-July [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,9,752,633,174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sounds","category-okanagana","category-thomas-say","category-tibicinini","category-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14320\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}