Tacua speciosa

Tacua speciosa is a very large Southeast Asian species of cicada. It is the only member of the genus Tacua (from Chinese: 大鼓; pinyin: dàgǔ; Wade–Giles: ta⁴ku³; lit. 'big drum')^[1] and is the type genus of the tribe Tacuini.^[2]

Tacua speciosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadidae
Subfamily:	Cicadinae
Tribe:	Tacuini
Subtribe:	Tacuina
Genus:	Tacua Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
Species:	T. speciosa
Binomial name
Tacua speciosa (Illiger, 1800)
Synonyms
Tettigonia speciosa Illiger, 1800 Cicada indica Donovan, 1800 Cicada speciosa (Illiger, 1800)

Description

Tacua speciosa has a wingspan of 15–18 cm (5.9–7.1 in) and a head-body length of 4.7–5.7 cm (1.9–2.2 in).^[3] Megapomponia, Pomponia and Tacua are the largest cicadas in the world. Tacua speciosa has black wings, a yellow-green collar, a red transverse stripe on the thorax and a turquoise-blue abdomen.

Distribution

This species can be found in Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Singapore, Malay Peninsula.^[4] It was once described as from North East India but it seems to be a mistake.^[5]