{"id":7552,"date":"2018-05-12T11:42:32","date_gmt":"2018-05-12T18:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/?p=7552"},"modified":"2026-02-08T13:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T20:36:13","slug":"cicadas-of-south-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/cicadas-of-south-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Cicadas of South America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are far more species in South America than you&#8217;ll find on this page, but these are among the most well known.<\/p>\n<h3>Carineta <span>Amyot &amp; Audinet-Serville, 1843<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2008pia600px-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Carineta diardi photo by Pia \u00c3\u2013berg taken in Brazil\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2008pia600px-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2008pia600px.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/><a href=\"\/cicadas\/carineta-diardi-photo-by-pia-oberg-taken-in-brazil\/\">Carineta diardi photo by Pia \u00c3\u2013berg<\/a> taken in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>More about the <a href=\"\/cicadas\/category\/genera\/carineta\/\">Carineta genus<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/cicadas\/category\/tribe\/carinetini\/\">Carinetini tribe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Chonosia <span>Distant, 1905<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Chonosia-sp-enciso-0ct-07-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Chonosia crassipennis\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Chonosia-sp-enciso-0ct-07-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Chonosia-sp-enciso-0ct-07.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><br \/>C<a href=\"\/cicadas\/paraguayan-cicadas\/\">honosia crassipennis photo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More about the <a href=\"\/cicadas\/category\/genera\/chonosia\/\">Chonosia genus<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/cicadas\/category\/tribe\/tettigadini\/\">Tettigadini tribe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Fidicina <span>Amyot &amp; Audinet-Serville, 1843<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cigarra-Fidicina-mannifera-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Fidicina mannifera from Brazil, Photo by Leonardo Milhomem.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cigarra-Fidicina-mannifera-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cigarra-Fidicina-mannifera-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cigarra-Fidicina-mannifera.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>Fidicina mannifera from Brazil, <a href=\"\/cicadas\/fidicina-mannifera-from-brazil-photo-by-leonardo-milhomem\/\">Photo by Leonardo Milhomem<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More about the <a href=\"\/cicadas\/category\/genera\/fidicina\/\">Fidicina genus<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/cicadas\/category\/tribe\/fidicinini\/\">Fidicinini tribe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Hemisciera <span>Amyot &amp; Audinet-Serville, 1843<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Hemisciera-maculipennis-genera-insectora-300x297.jpg\" alt=\"Hemisciera maculipennis (de Laporte, 1832)\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Hemisciera-maculipennis-genera-insectora-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Hemisciera-maculipennis-genera-insectora-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Hemisciera-maculipennis-genera-insectora.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More about the <a href=\"\/cicadas\/category\/genera\/hemisciera\/\">Hemisciera genus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Majeorona <span>Distant, 1905<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cigarra-Majeorona-aper-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Majeorona aper from Brazil, Photo by Leonardo Milhomem. 2005.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cigarra-Majeorona-aper-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cigarra-Majeorona-aper-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cigarra-Majeorona-aper.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>Majeorona aper from Brazil, <a href=\"\/cicadas\/majeorona-aper-from-brazil-photo-by-leonardo-milhomem\/\">Photo by Leonardo Milhomem<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More about the <a href=\"\/cicadas\/category\/genera\/majeorona\/\">Majeorona genus<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/cicadas\/category\/tribe\/fidicinini\/\">Fidicinini tribe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Quesada <span>Distant, 1905<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cigarra-Quesada-gigas-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Quesada gigas from Brazil, Photo by Leonardo Milhomem\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cigarra-Quesada-gigas-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cigarra-Quesada-gigas-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cigarra-Quesada-gigas.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>Quesada gigas from Brazil, <a href=\"\/cicadas\/quesada-gigas-from-brazil-photo-by-leonardo-milhomem\/\">Photo by Leonardo Milhomem<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More about the <a href=\"\/cicadas\/category\/genera\/quesada\/\">Quesada genus<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/cicadas\/category\/tribe\/hyantiini\/\">Hyantiini tribe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Zammara <span>Amyot &amp; Audinet-Serville, 1843<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Zammara_smaragdina-300x141.jpg\" alt=\"Zammara smaragdina\" width=\"300\" height=\"141\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Zammara_smaragdina-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Zammara_smaragdina-768x361.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Zammara_smaragdina.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/><strong>Zammara smaragdina<\/strong> <span>Walker, 1850<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>More about the <a href=\"\/cicadas\/category\/genera\/zammara\/\">Zammara genus<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/cicadas\/category\/tribe\/zammarini\/\">Zammarini tribe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Tettigades <span>Amyot &amp; Audinet-Serville, 1843<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Tettigades-mexicana-Insecta-Rhynchota-1-300x145.jpg\" alt=\"Tettigades mexicana Insecta Rhynchota\" width=\"300\" height=\"145\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Tettigades-mexicana-Insecta-Rhynchota-1-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Tettigades-mexicana-Insecta-Rhynchota-1.jpg 546w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More about the <a href=\"\/cicadas\/category\/genera\/tettigades\/\">Tettigades genus<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/cicadas\/category\/tribe\/tettigadini\/\">Tettigadini tribe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Blog posts by country:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/cicadas\/category\/locations\/argentina\/\">Argentina<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/cicadas\/category\/locations\/brazil\/\">Brazil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/cicadas\/category\/locations\/paraguay\/\">Paraguay<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Links for further research:<\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re researching Cicadas in the Neotropic ecozone, which is Central and South America, here are some resources that will help you:<\/p>\n<p>1) Follow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/andreaskay\/tags\/cicada\/\">Andreas Kay&#8217;s Flickr feed<\/a>. He posts many excellent cicada photos from Ecuador. Many cicadas found in Ecuador are not endemic, so the cicadas you see in Andreas&#8217; Flickr feed should be found in adjacent countries. <\/p>\n<p>2) Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/cigarrasbrasileiras.blogspot.com\/\">Cigarras do Brasil &#8211; Brazilian Cicadas<\/a> for photos and information about the cicadas of Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>3) Read Jacobi (1907) &#8220;Homoptera Andina&#8221;. (Not sure where to find it &#8211; maybe eBay).<\/p>\n<p>4) Read: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sil.si.edu\/DigitalCollections\/bca\/navigation\/bca_18_01_00\/bca_18_01_00select.cfm\">Insecta. Rhynchota. Hemiptera-Homoptera. Volume I (1881-1905) by W. L. Distant and W. W. Fowler<\/a>. It is available online. Here is a sample from that book:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/bca_18_01_00_165.jpg\" alt=\"Insecta. Rhynchota. Hemiptera-Homoptera. Volume I (1881-1905) by W. L. Distant and W. W. Fowler\" title=\"bca_18_01_00_165\" width=\"640\" height=\"318\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/bca_18_01_00_165.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/bca_18_01_00_165-300x149.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>5) Search for papers written by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barry.edu\/ecologicalstudies\/faculty\/profiles\/allen-sanborn.htm\">Allen F. Sanborn<\/a>. Here is <a href=\"\/cicadas\/how-to-learn-more-about-cicadas-by-searching-for-cicada-researchers\/\">how to search for cicada research papers online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>6) Use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itis.gov\/servlet\/SingleRpt\/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&#038;search_value=109168\">ITIS<\/a> to traverse cicada species names and get listings of papers about the cicada &#8212; then search for the cicada names and papers. <\/p>\n<p>7) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faunaparaguay.com\/cicadidae.html\">Many photos and sound files of Paraguayan cicadas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks again to <a href=\"\/cicadas\/category\/contributors\/david-emery\/\">David Emery<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Click the images for larger versions, the species name and the name of the photographer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are far more species in South America than you&#8217;ll find on this page, but these are among the most well known. Carineta Amyot &amp; Audinet-Serville, 1843 Carineta diardi photo by Pia \u00c3\u2013berg taken in Brazil. More about the Carineta genus, and Carinetini tribe. Chonosia Distant, 1905 Chonosia crassipennis photo. More about the Chonosia genus, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[296,25,351,159,114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-argentina","category-brazil","category-ecuador","category-genera","category-paraguay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7552","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=7552"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21542,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7552\/revisions\/21542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}