Cystosoma saundersii
Cystosoma saundersii, commonly known as the bladder cicada, is a species of cicada native to northeastern New South Wales and southeastern Queensland in Australia.[1]
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| Species: | C. saundersii |
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| Cystosoma saundersii Westwood, 1842 | |
Cystosoma saundersii are nocturnal and employ camouflage as a defense tactic.[2]
Life Cycle
Their median life cycle from egg to natural adult death is around four years.[3]
male specimen, Australian Museum.jpg.webp)
female specimen, Kanagawa Museum.jpg.webp)
Cystosoma saundersii camouflaging itself as a leaf.
References
- Moulds, Maxwell Sydney (1990). Australian Cicadas. Kensington, New South Wales: New South Wales University Press. pp. 193–96. ISBN 0-86840-139-0.
- "Bladder Cicada - Cystosoma saundersii". www.brisbaneinsects.com. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
- 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): 3. doi:10.1073/pnas.1421386112. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
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