| Meimuna opalifera | |
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| Male in Aichi Prefecture, Japan | |
| Song of a Meimuna opalifera recorded in Kawasaki, Japan, on September 18, 2011 | |
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| Species: | M. opalifera
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| Meimuna opalifera Walker, 1850
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Meimuna opalifera, known in Japan as tsuku-tsuku-bōshi (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.
Distribution[edit]
Meimuna opalifera is found in China, Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and Taiwan.[1]
Description[edit]
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 -
Meimuna opalifera being eaten by a giant Asian mantis (Hierodula patellifera) -
Female in Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Life cycle[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ "Meimuna opalifera".
- ^ "Meimuna opalifera".
- ^ 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[edit]
- "EOL (Encyclopedia of Life)". Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- "Dmitriev (Species File)". Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- "iNaturalist". Retrieved 2 January 2017.