{"id":9496,"date":"2019-03-03T01:01:16","date_gmt":"2019-03-03T08:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/?p=9496"},"modified":"2020-03-10T19:47:58","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T02:47:58","slug":"sulphogaeana-sulphurea-westwood-1839","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/sulphogaeana-sulphurea-westwood-1839\/","title":{"rendered":"Sulphogaeana sulphurea (Westwood, 1839)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sulphogaeana sulphurea<\/strong> is a cicada found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal. Is was formerly known as Gaeana sulphurea. It is one of the cicadas known as &#8220;butterfly cicadas&#8221; because of their colorful wings. Sulphogaeana sulphurea are yellow like the mineral sulfur. <\/p>\n<p>Photo by <strong>Jeff Blincow<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Mating-Gaeana-sulphurea-from-Bhutan-taken-by-Jeff-Blincow-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mating Gaeana sulphurea from Bhutan taken by Jeff Blincow\" width=\"800\" height=\"604\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Mating-Gaeana-sulphurea-from-Bhutan-taken-by-Jeff-Blincow-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Mating-Gaeana-sulphurea-from-Bhutan-taken-by-Jeff-Blincow-1-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Mating-Gaeana-sulphurea-from-Bhutan-taken-by-Jeff-Blincow-1-768x580.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Description:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nMale. Body above black; lateral margins of the vertex of head,\u2014 continued to between eyes,\u2014 pronotum (excluding the fissures, margins, and a central hour-glass-shaped fascia), four linear spots to mesonotum (sometimes united in pairs), and the margins of the anal appendage, reddish-ochraceous. Body beneath and legs black; a fascia on each side of the face, sternal streaks, a spot at the base of tegmina, posterior segmental margins,- obliterated centrally,\u2014 and the anal appendage, ochraceous. <\/p>\n<p>Tegmina and wings sulphureous; tegmina with the inner margin of the costal membrane, a curved and inwardly angulated fascia crossing center, and the whole apical area,\u2014 including the upper ulnar area,\u2014 blackish; costal membrane ochraceous, postcostal area blackish; wings with the apical area\u2014 broadly, and narrowing to anal angle\u2014 blackish. <\/p>\n<p>Face with a narrow but distinct central sulcation; the rostrum reaching the posterior coxae. <\/p>\n<p>Long. excl. tegm. Male 35 to 37 milHm. Exp. tegm. 85 to 92 millim.<\/p>\n<p>This is a moderately scarce species, and it seems almost confined to the province of Bengal.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Scientific classification:<\/strong><br \/>\nFamily: Cicadidae<br \/>\nSubfamily: Cicadinae<br \/>\nTribe: Gaeanini<br \/>\nSubTribe: Gaeanina<br \/>\nGenus: Sulphogaeana<br \/>\nSpecies: <em>Sulphogaeana sulphurea<\/em> (Westwood, 1839)<\/p>\n<p>For more information about this cicada, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiancicadas.org\/#!\/sp\/320\/Sulphogaeana-sulphurea\">Cicadas of India<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>References:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>The description and location information comes from <strong>A Monograph of Oriental Cicadas<\/strong> by W. L. Distant. 1889-1892. Read it on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biodiversitylibrary.org\/item\/35302#page\/11\/mode\/1up\">the Biodiversity Heritage Library website<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>Species name information comes from Allen Sanborn&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/B9780124166479000012?via%3Dihub\">Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha)<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sulphogaeana sulphurea is a cicada found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal. Is was formerly known as Gaeana sulphurea. It is one of the cicadas known as &#8220;butterfly cicadas&#8221; because of their colorful wings. Sulphogaeana sulphurea are yellow like the mineral sulfur. Photo by Jeff Blincow: Description: Male. 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