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Meimuna kuroiwae

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Meimuna kuroiwae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Meimuna
Species:
M. kuroiwae
Binomial name
Meimuna kuroiwae

Meimuna kurowae is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae found in Japan.

Description

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This cicada is allied to Meimuna ogasawarensis from which it differs slightly in appearance. M. kurowae has a smaller, less prominent face with a black stripe in the middle. It has a more distinctly narrow opercula.[2] Its tibia is tinted brown at the apex. Its tegmina is narrower and its genital plate is dark-colored.[2] Excluding the tegmina, the males are approximately 29 mm long, and the females are 32/35 mm long.[2]

Habitat

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Found on Ryukyu Islands.[2]

Life cycle

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Their median life cycle from egg to natural adult death is around two years. However, their life cycle can range from two years to four years.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Meimuna kuroiwae". NCBI Taxonomy Browser. NCBI. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e Matsumara, Shōnen (1 March 1915). A list of the Japanese and Formosan Cicadidae, with descriptions of new species and genera. Vol. 5. Sapporo, Japan: Sapporo Natural History Society. p. 199.
  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): 10192–9. doi:10.1073/pnas.1421386112. PMC 4547289. PMID 26286984. Retrieved 13 October 2020.