Huechys
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Huechys (from Chinese: 血䗁; pinyin: xiějì / xuèjì; Wade–Giles: hsieh3chi4 / hsüeh4chi4; lit. 'blood cicada'[1]) is a genus of cicada belonging to the family Cicadidae.
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Huechys | |
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Huechys sanguinea | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Family: | Cicadidae |
Subfamily: | Cicadettinae |
Tribe: | Cicadettini |
Genus: | Huechys Amyot & Serville, 1843 |
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Although it has been claimed that the Chinese name refers to Huechys, Chinese entomologist Gaines Liu notes that the name Chu ki refers to Lycorma delicatula. He noted that the name for the black and red cicada was Er according to the Fang Yen written by Yang Hsiung (53 B.C. - A.D. 18).[2]