cicada with reddish patches - Diceroprocta vitripennis

Moved

Moved from Tibicen.

… John R. Maxwell, 24 March, 2009 - 11:17pm

Diceroprocta sp. (likely D. vitripennis)

D. vitripennis is highly variable regarding the degree of red on the mesonotum (your image looks "young" - possibly late teneral). Many individuals develop more black as they age. You might also want to look up Diceroprocta beaquerti (?)

Note the lack of the infuscation - the cloudy "Z" looking pattern typical of Tibicen species - this cloudy "Z" is seen towards the ends of the wings (less frequently seen in Diceroprocta species - noteable exception D. olympusa). Because it lacks the "Z" in the wing, I lean towards D. vitripennis as a likely id.

f.y.i. T. resonans is very large Red-Brown cicada and eastern in Distribution.

Refer to these sites/images

Cicadas of Michigan site
http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/fauna/Michigan_Cicadas/Michigan/Index.html

http://www.cicadamania.com/images/2007/Diceroprocta-vitripennis-back-large.jpg

http://www.cicadamania.com/images/2007/Diceroprocta-vitripennis-side-large.jpg

I will have some images of D. vitripennis specimens from my own collection posted here on Bugguide soon!

… Bill Reynolds, 20 March, 2009 - 12:21pm

Thank you very much.

I really appreciate your thorough explanation. The "look" of this cicada was different enough from the Tibicen species I know that I hesitated about putting it in that genus, but I didn't know what else might be close. Your comments are very helpful.

… Valerie G. Bugh, 20 March, 2009 - 6:46pm

Diceroprocta sp. (vitripennis? or bequaerti?)

I'd like to encourage you to compare your cicada to this one, as they are similar in many respects.

However, I'm not 100% certain your cicada is D. vitripennis, as there are some ambiguities between this cicada and bequaerti(?).

Very nice picture! Please continue to take pic's of cicadas!....there is a lot of work to be done in mapping distributions and comparing populations from across the range of each given species/complex.

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NOTE: Other Diceroprocta species may occur in your area.
Compare with Diceroprocta bequaerti

… Bill Reynolds, 21 March, 2009 - 4:56pm

Tibicen

One of the great cicadas. Possibly T. resonans, but without a more accurate measurement (across the eyes to the nearest mm) one can't tell the species.

… Andy Hamilton, 17 March, 2009 - 3:39pm