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Cacama valvata? - Cacama furcata - male
Copyright © 2006 Patrick Alexander

Cacama valvata? - Cacama furcata - Male
Organ Mountains, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, USA
May 30, 2006
Size: large
Cacama valvata? A male seen between calls.

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Contributed by Patrick Alexander on 31 May, 2006 - 1:54am
Last updated 14 June, 2006 - 12:19pm

Cacama valvata
Good guess - one would have to see the cicada from above to see if the head is very short and narrow compared to the thorax (2/3 the width) to be sure of the genus. However, the white band across the base of the abdomen is distinctive of this species, as is the short beak.
… Andy Hamilton, 31 May, 2006 - 6:35am login or register to post comments

 
Ok...
Well, I've got a picture from above here. Looks like a pretty short & narrow head...

Patrick Alexander
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… Patrick Alexander, 31 May, 2006 - 6:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Cacama furcata
Thanks - can now see the characters better. This is a browner species, with less white markings on the abdomen base than C. valvata, so it must be C. furcata, the only other species with a short beak.
… Andy Hamilton, 9 June, 2006 - 8:03am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Cacama furcata is the other one that seemed likely when I was trying to figure this guy out (with an old key in a paper I found online, don't remember the author offhand), but without having seen any of these guys before it's hard to know how brown the brown species are and how black the black ones are...

Patrick Alexander
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… Patrick Alexander, 9 June, 2006 - 4:17pm login or register to post comments

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