Meimuna opalifera

Meimuna opalifera
Male in Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadidae
Genus:	Meimuna
Species:	M. opalifera
Binomial name
Meimuna opalifera Walker, 1850 [1]

Meimuna opalifera is a species of cicada found In Japan. it emerges in July and is no longer seen by about October.

Distribution

Meimuna opalifera is found in China, Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and Taiwan. ^[2]

Description

Male Meimuna opalifera grow to a size of about 42 to 46 mm, while females reach a size of about 40 to 44 mm. ^[3]

Life cycle

Their median life cycle from egg to natural adult death is around two years. However, their life cycle can range from two years to five years. ^[4]

Gallery

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  Male in Shiga Prefecture, Japan
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  Meimuna opalifera being eaten by a giant Asian mantis ( Hierodula patellifera )
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  Female in Fukui Prefecture, Japan

References

1. "Meimuna opalifera". NCBI Taxonomy Browser. NCBI. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
2. "Meimuna opalifera".
3. "Meimuna opalifera".
4. Campbell, Matthew (18 August 2015). "Genome expansion via lineage splitting and genome reduction in the cicada endosymbiont Hodgkinia - Supporting Information" (PDF). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112 (33): 10192–10199. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1421386112 . PMC   4547289 . PMID   26286984 . Retrieved 13 October 2020.

• "UniProt" . Retrieved 2 January 2017.

External links

• "EOL (Encyclopedia of Life)" . Retrieved 2 January 2017.

• "Dmitriev (Species File)" . Retrieved 2 January 2017.

• "iNaturalist" . Retrieved 2 January 2017.