Cacama (cicada) explained

Cacama is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae commonly known as cactus dodgers. There are about 12 described species in Cacama.

Species

These 12 species belong to the genus Cacama:

• Cacama californica Davis, 1919

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• Cacama carbonaria Davis, 1919

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• Cacama collinaplaga Sanborn & Heath in Sanborn, Heath, Phillips & Heath, 2011

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• Cacama crepitans (Van Duzee, 1914)

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• Cacama dissimilis (Distant, 1881)

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• Cacama furcata Davis, 1919

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• Cacama longirostris (Distant, 1881)

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• Cacama maura (Distant, 1881)

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• Cacama moorei Sanborn & Heath in Sanborn, Heath, Phillips & Heath, 2011

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• Cacama pygmaea Sanborn in Sanborn, Heath, Phillips & Heath, 2011

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• Cacama valvata (Uhler, 1888)

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• Cacama variegata Davis, 1919

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Further reading

• Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2nd. 0-8493-0212-9.
• Moulds . M.S.. 2005. An Appraisal of the Higher Classification of Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea) with Special Reference to the Australian Fauna. Records of the Australian Museum. 57. 3. 375–446. 0067-1975 . 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1447. free.
• Sanborn . Allen F.. 2006. New records for the cicada fauna from four Central American countries (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae). The Florida Entomologist. 89. 1. 75–79. 0015-4040 . 10.1653/0015-4040(2006)89[75:nrftcf]2.0.co;2. free.
• Sanborn . Allen F.. 2009. Checklist, new species and key to the cicadas of Cuba (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea, Cicadidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 56. 1. 85–92. 0012-0073 . 10.1002/mmnd.200900007.
• Sanborn . Allen F.. 2007. New species, new records and checklist of cicadas from Mexico (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadidae). Zootaxa. 1651. 1–42. 1175-5334.
• Sanborn . A.F.. Phillips . P.K.. 2013. Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico. Diversity. 5. 2. 166–239 . 10.3390/d5020166. free.
• Van Duzee . E.P.. 1915. A preliminary review of the West coast Cicadidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 23. 1. 21–44.
• Book: Walker . Francis. 1871. Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV. British Museum. 10.5962/bhl.title.9254. free.