This is a list of research publications about cicadas in 2025. It is a work in progress. <\/p>\n
Highlight:<\/strong> Genera Mura and Muraoides are moved to a new tribe. Highlight:<\/strong> “Dorachosa mesomexicana sp. nov. is described.” Highlight:<\/strong> “We estimated a Cretaceous origin for Cicadidae with four of the five subfamilies diversifying shortly after the K-Pg extinction event.” Highlight:<\/strong> “A new species of the genus Psithyristria St\u00e5l, 1870 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Psithyristriini), Psithyristria parapeculiaris sp. nov., is described from Santa Rosa, Luzon, Philippines.” Highlight:<\/strong> “This study sheds light on how symbiont-host interactions shape the symbiotic organogenesis, which provides insights into adaptive evolution of specialised symbiotic organs in plant sap-feeding insects.” Highlight:<\/strong> “Entomopathogenic fungi “EPF”, a class of fungi that are naturally occurring in soil and pathogenic to insects, have demonstrated potential utility against a broad spectrum of soil-dwelling pests and some non-soil-dwelling pests.” Highlight:<\/strong> “Two new cicada genera from the Eastern Palearctic and Oriental Regions, Sinfonia gen. nov. and Streeyola gen. nov., are erected in the subtribe Aolina Boulard, 2012 (tribe Dundubiini Distant, 1905), with the designations of Dundubia opalifera Walker, 1850 and Cosmopsaltria mongolica Distant, 1881 as the respective type species.” Highlight:<\/strong> “This study reports the first documented occurrence of E. concinna in China, significantly extending its known distribution range northward.” Highlight:<\/strong> “The ensemble of recordings reveals that the chorus onset times accurately track the changing sunrise times over the course of many weeks, occurring at a solar elevation of \u22123.8°-+0.2°.” Highlight:<\/strong> “Here, I summarize the published literature on cicada consumption by mammals worldwide and review the ecological roles of cicadas in the behavior, population, and community of mammals.” Highlight:<\/strong> “However, it is strongly suspected that the observed cicadas were early stragglers of Broods XXII and XXIII (Magicicada spp.).” See all Straggler<\/a>, Brood XXII<\/a> and Brood XXIII<\/a> posts on this site.<\/p>\n Highlights:<\/strong> “The cicada Lemuriana apicalis (Germar, 1830) (Hemiptera, Cicadidae, Lamotialnini) is reported for the first time from Kerala, India”. Highlight:<\/strong> “Five new genera and 12 new species are described from arid regions of Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales”. Highlights:<\/strong> “This study improves understanding of the diversification, phylogeny, and dispersal history of cicadas in Eastern Asia.” Highlights:<\/strong> “10,653 recordings of 200 orthopteran and 24 cicada species”. Highlights:<\/strong> “In this study, we report the first fossil record of the Platypleurini from the Eocene Messel Pit: a new genus and species, Eoplatypleura messelensis” See all Platypleurini posts and photos<\/a> on this site.<\/p>\n Highlights:<\/strong> “This article is a contribution to the study of cicadas in mainland France, which aims to enable a specific determination using the exuviae.” Highlights:<\/strong> “First record of the genus Cochleopsaltria from China.” Highlights:<\/strong> “This study presents the first comprehensive phylogeny of Gaeanini based on molecular data of cicadas and genomic data from their obligate endosymbiont Candidatus Karelsulcia muelleri (hereafter Karelsulcia).”
\nAuthor:<\/strong> Allen F. Sanborn
\nPublication information:<\/strong> Zootaxa. VOL. 5728 NO. 1: 9 DEC. 2025. DOI: 10.11646\/ZOOTAXA.5728.1.8
\nLink:<\/strong> Zootaxa<\/a>.<\/p>\nNovember<\/h2>\n
A new species and the revised species status of cicadas of the genus of Dorachosa Distant, 1892 from Mexico (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae: Carinetini)<\/h3>\n
\nAuthor:<\/strong> Allen F. Sanborn
\nPublication information:<\/strong> Journal of Insect Biodiversity. VOL. 71 NO. 2: 6 NOV. 2025. 10.12976\/JIB\/2025.71.2.2
\nLink:<\/strong> mapress.com<\/a><\/p>\nPhylogenomics and Fossilized Birth-Death Dating Reveals Gondawanan Origin and Extensive Post-Cretaceous Diversification of Worldwide Cicadidae<\/h3>\n
\nAuthors:<\/strong> Mark Stukel, Nicholas J. Matzke, Jordan Douglas, Tatiana Petersen Ruschel, St\u00e9phane Puissant, Ben W. Price, Martin Villet, Alan R. Lemmon, Emily Moriarty Lemmon, Chris Simon
\nPublication information:<\/strong> bioRxiv 2025.11.08.687401; doi: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1101\/2025.11.08.687401
\nLink:<\/strong> www.biorxiv.org<\/a><\/p>\nA new cicada species of the genus Psithyristria St\u00e5l (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)<\/h3>\n
\nAuthor:<\/strong> Young June Lee.
\nPublication information:<\/strong> Journal of Insect Biology. VOL. 71 NO. 2: 6 NOV. 2025; DOI: 10.12976\/JIB\/2025.71.2.3
\nLink:<\/strong> mapress.com<\/a><\/p>\nInitially Coexisting Endosymbionts Migrate Into Different Tissues During Ontogeny of Host Cicadas<\/h3>\n
\nAuthors:<\/strong> Jinrui Zhou, Wenzhe Zhang, Qiong Guo, Xingyue Liu, Cong Wei
\nPublication information:<\/strong> Environmental Microbiology. Volume27, Issue11 November 2025 e70185 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/1462-2920.70185
\nLink:<\/strong> enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com<\/a><\/p>\nEvaluation of Entomopathogenic Fungi against Psalmocharias alhageos (Kolenati) (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) under Laboratory and Semi-Field Conditions<\/h3>\n
\nAuthors:<\/strong> Sajjadi, Kimia & Ghaffari, Sepideh & Rahimpour, Mehrdad & Stelinski, Lukasz & Butt, Tariq & Karimi, Javad
\nPublication Information:<\/strong> Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control. 35.
\nLink:<\/strong> www.researchgate.net<\/a><\/p>\nOctober<\/h2>\n
Two new genera of Aolina (Dundubiini), with a key to the genera of the subtribe (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)<\/h3>\n
\nAuthors:<\/strong> Young June Lee
\nPublication Information:<\/strong> Fragmenta Entomologica 57(2):149-158
\nLink:<\/strong> researchgate.net<\/a><\/p>\nSeptember<\/h2>\n
First record of Eopycna concinna (Cicadidae: Cicadinae) from China<\/h3>\n
\nAuthors:<\/strong> Ke-Yi Duan, Zhong-Hong Fu, Fei Lu, Chuan-Hui Yi & Qiu-Ju He
\nPublication Information:<\/strong> Scientific Reports volume 15, Article number: 12826 (2025)
\nLink:<\/strong> www.tandfonline.com<\/a><\/p>\nAugust<\/h2>\n
Photometric decision making during the dawn choruses of cicadas<\/h3>\n
\nAuthors:<\/strong> Rakesh Khanna A., Raymond E. Goldstein, Adriana I. Pesci, Nir S. Gov
\nPublication information:<\/strong> Phys. Rev. E 112, 024401 \u2013 Published 1 August, 2025 DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1103\/4y4d-p32q
\nLink:<\/strong> physics.aps.org<\/a> and Cicadas Decide to Sing with a Little Help from Their Friends<\/a>.<\/p>\nCicada as a food for mammals: a global review and implications for mammal behaviour and populations<\/h3>\n
\nAuthors:<\/strong> Kanzi M. Tomita
\nPublication information:<\/strong> Wildlife Biology e01496. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/wlb3.01496
\nLink:<\/strong> nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com<\/a><\/p>\nEarly stragglers of periodical cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) found in Louisiana<\/h3>\n
\nAuthors:<\/strong> Colin A. R. Bonser, C. Wood Johnson and Christopher E. Carlton
\nPublication information:<\/strong> Florida Entomologist, vol. 108, no. 1, 2025, pp. 20240066. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/flaent-2024-0066
\nLink:<\/strong> www.degruyterbrill.com<\/a><\/p>\nJune<\/h2>\n
First record of the genus Lemuriana Distant, 1905 (Hemiptera, Cicadidae, Lamotialnini) from Kerala, India<\/h3>\n
\nAuthors:<\/strong> A. Anjana, K. T. Teji.
\nPublication information:<\/strong> Lamotialnini) from Kerala, India. ENTOMON, 50(2), 219\u2013224. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.33307\/entomon.v50i2.1472
\nLink:<\/strong> entomon.in<\/a><\/p>\nMay<\/h2>\n
New genera and species of cicadas from arid Australia (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae)<\/h3>\n
\nAuthor:<\/strong> Moulds, M.S., David C. Marshall.
\nPublication information:<\/strong> Megataxa. VOL. 17 NO. 1: 13 JUN. 2025. DOI: 10.11646\/MEGATAXA.17.1.1
\nLink:<\/strong> mapress.com<\/a><\/p>\nApril<\/h2>\n
Phylogeny, biogeography, and diversification of the cicada Pomponia linearis and its allies (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)<\/h3>\n
\nAuthor:<\/strong> Jiali Wang, Masami Hayashi, Cong Wei
\nPublication information:<\/strong> Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 203, Issue 4, April 2025, zlaf019, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/zoolinnean\/zlaf019
\nLink:<\/strong> academic.oup.com<\/a><\/p>\nECOSoundSet: a finely annotated dataset for the automated acoustic identification of Orthoptera and Cicadidae in North, Central and temperate Western Europe<\/h3>\n
\nAuthors:<\/strong> David Funosas, Elodie Massol, Yves Bas, Svenja Schmidt, Dominik Arend, Alexander Gebhard, Luc Barbaro, Sebastian K\u00f6nig, Rafael Carbonell Font, David Sannier, Fernand Deroussen, J\u00e9r\u00f4me Sueur, Christian Roesti, Tomi Trilar, Wolfgang Forstmeier, Lucas Roger, Elo\u00efsa Matheu, Piotr Guzik, Julien Barataud, Laurent Pelozuelo, St\u00e9phane Puissant, Sandra Mueller, Bj\u00f6rn Schuller, Jose M. Montoya, Andreas Triantafyllopoulos, Maxime Cauchoix
\nPublication information:<\/strong> https:\/\/doi.org\/10.48550\/arXiv.2504.20776
\nLink:<\/strong> arxiv.org<\/a><\/p>\nSounds from the Eocene: the first singing cicada from the Messel Pit, Germany<\/h3>\n
\nAuthors:<\/strong> Hui Jiang, Maxwell S. Moulds, Stephan M. Blank, Jes Rust & Sonja Wedmann
\nPublication information:<\/strong> Scientific Reports volume 15, Article number: 12826 (2025)
\nLink:<\/strong> www.nature.com<\/a><\/p>\nMarch<\/h2>\n
Aide \u00e0 l\u2019identification des exuvies de cigales de France m\u00e9tropolitaine (Hemiptera, Cicadidae)<\/h3>\n
\nAuthor:<\/strong> Maxime Bellifa
\nPublication information:<\/strong> Bulletin de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 entomologique de France, 130 (1) : 69-82. https:\/\/doi.
\norg\/10.32475\/bsef_2360
\nLink:<\/strong> lasef.org<\/a><\/p>\nFirst record of the genus Cochleopsaltria Pham & Constant (Hemiptera, Cicadidae, Cicadinae) from China, with a description of the second species<\/h3>\n
\nAuthors:<\/strong> Cheng-Bin Wang, Zhi-Jian Liu
\nPublication information:<\/strong> ZooKeys 1230: 335-346. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3897\/zookeys.1230.144099
\nLink:<\/strong> zookeys.pensoft.net<\/a>
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Phylogeny, diversification and biogeography of charming moth-like cicadas in the tribe Gaeanini Distant (Hemiptera, Cicadidae)<\/h3>\n
\nAuthors:<\/strong> Jiali Wang, Jinrui Zhou, Wenzhe Zhang, Cong Wei
\nPublication information:<\/strong> Royal Entomological Society. First published: 28 February 2025 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/syen.12676.
\nLink:<\/strong> resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com<\/a><\/p>\n