Meimuna opalifera

Meimuna opalifera known in Japan as tsuku-tsuku-boushi (ツクツクボウシ) due to its song, is a cicada. In Japan, it emerges in July and is no longer seen by about October.

Meimuna opalifera
Male in Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Song of a Meimuna opalifera recorded in Kawasaki, Japan, on September 18, 2011
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Family:	Cicadidae
Tribe:	Cerocomini
Genus:	Meimuna
Species:	M. opalifera
Binomial name
Meimuna opalifera Walker, 1850

Distribution

Meimuna opalifera is found in China, Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and Taiwan.[1]

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.[2]

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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

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.[3]

References

1. https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/179424
2. https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/179424
3. 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.

• "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.