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Neotibicen sp. - Neotibicen lyricen - male

Neotibicen sp. - Neotibicen lyricen - Male
Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
July 23, 2018
Size: 50 mm incl wings, 35 w/o
Found dead on the ground 2 days ago. On mowed grass under a few deciduous trees. Besides ID, I'd like to know what the 3 red glowing organs are on its forehead and which part of its body is used to make sound. Also what is the function of the pruinosity?

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Neotibicen sp. - Neotibicen lyricen - male Neotibicen sp. - Neotibicen lyricen - male Neotibicen sp. - Neotibicen lyricen - male Neotibicen sp. - Neotibicen lyricen - male

Moved
Moved from Cicadas.

can't help with ID...
but the red things on the head are the ocelli (simple eyes that detect light/dark), and the sound-producing organs (tymbals) are on the underside of males, covered by large flaps, as seen in

 
sound production in cicadas
Thank you for your comment. I noticed the flaps/plates on the ventral side, so deduced it is a male. But what do cicadas actually rub together to make the sound? Do they rub the plates against each other? The striated organ on the face I've learned is the clypeus, but what is its function?

 
Under those flaps are the tym
Under those flaps are the tymbals, which are essentially flattened membranes that vibrate rapidly to create sound (imagine a large sheet of plastic and the wobbling sound if you wag it up and down). This is very different from the crickets and katydids, which rub various parts of their bodies together (stridulation) to make sound.

The striated 'nose' is the cibarial pump, which houses the muscles that pump plant sap up through the rostrum and into the cicada.

 
sound production in cicadas
Thank you. This is fascinating, and is information I hadn't been able to find elsewhere. I sure would have guessed that the cibarial pump is the organ used to make sounds. It's amazing how they can make such loud sounds by the method you describe!

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