Okanagana uncinata Van Duzee, 1915.
Name, Location and Description
- Cicada Name: Okanagana uncinata Van Duzee, 1915
- Short Name: O. uncinata
- Where it is found: CA
- Maps: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico [PDF]
- Description: beige and black
- Eye Color: beige
- Pronotal Collar Color: beige
- 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. Stouter bodied species, the fore and hind wings variegated with orange and black at the base.
C. Third marginal cell more than one half as long as second ulnar area adjoining and immediately behind it.
DD. Expand about 52 mm., usually much less.
GG. Fore and hind wings clear except at the extreme base, where the membranes are orange.
Smaller and darker than the last; head small; front not so prominent. Venation approaching the next two species. Expands about 42 mm.
Similar cicada: Okanagana pallidula Davis, 1917.
Species: Okanagana uncinata Van Duzee, 1915
List of sources
- 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.
- Full Binomial Names: ITIS.gov
- Common names: BugGuide.net; The Songs of Insects by Lang Elliott and Wil Herschberger; personal memory.
- Locations: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico by Allen F. Sanborn and Polly K. Phillips.
- Descriptions, Colors: personal observations from specimens or photos from many sources. Descriptions are not perfect, but may be helpful.
- Some descriptions are based on aged specimens which have lost some or a lot of their color.