Biology:Cystosoma saundersii

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Short description: Species of true bug

Bladder cicada
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male, female and appendages
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C. saundersii
Binomial name
Cystosoma saundersii
Westwood, 1842

Cystosoma saundersii, commonly known as the bladder cicada, is a species of cicada native to northeastern New South Wales and southeastern Queensland in Australia.[1]

Cystosoma saundersii are nocturnal and employ camouflage as a defense tactic.[2]
File:A recording of a Bladder Cicada (Cystosoma saundersii).wav

Life Cycle

Their median life cycle from egg to natural adult death is around four years.[3]

References

  1. Moulds, Maxwell Sydney (1990). Australian Cicadas. Kensington, New South Wales: New South Wales University Press. pp. 193–96. ISBN 0-86840-139-0. 
  2. "Bladder Cicada - Cystosoma saundersii". http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_cicadas/BladderCicada.htm. 
  3. Campbell, Matthew (18 August 2015). "Genome expansion via lineage splitting and genome reduction in the cicada endosymbiont Hodgkinia - Supporting Information". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112 (33): 10192–10199. doi:10.1073/pnas.1421386112. PMID 26286984. PMC 4547289. https://www.pnas.org/content/suppl/2015/05/16/1421386112.DCSupplemental/pnas.201421386SI.pdf. Retrieved 13 October 2020. 

Wikidata ☰ Q16752208 entry