Purana usnani
[Cicada]
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Classification: | Phylum: Arthropoda | Class: Insecta | Order: Hemiptera | Family: Cicadoidea | Genus: Purana |

The eye colour of the cicada below was different from the rest above although the rest of the features looked quite similar in general.

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This pair of mating cicada was spotted in June 2016 in a park. One of them was holding onto a leaf from the Simpoh Air shrub (Dillenia suffruticosa).

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Reference article:

Leong TM. Record of the cicada, Purana usnani Duffels & Schouten in Singapore, with preliminary acoustic analysis (Homoptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae). Nature in Singapore 2012;5:13-17. | Read article |