Huechys Explained

Huechys (from Chinese: t=血䗁|hp=xiějì / xuèjì|w=hsieh3chi4 / hsüeh4chi4|l=blood cicada^[1]) is a genus of cicada belonging to the family Cicadidae.

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]

Species

The following species are recognized:

• Huechys aenea
• Huechys beata
• Huechys celebensis
• Huechys chantrainei
• Huechys chryselectra
• Huechys curvata
• Huechys dohertyi
• Huechys eos
• Huechys facialis
• Huechys fretensis
• Huechys funebris
• Huechys fusca
• Huechys haematica
• Huechys incarnata
• Huechys insularis
• Huechys lutulenta
• Huechys nigripennis
• Huechys parvula
• Huechys phaenicura
• Huechys pingenda
• Huechys sanguinea
• Huechys sumbana
• Huechys thoracica
• Huechys tonkinensis
• Huechys vidua

Notes and References

1. Amyot CJB, Audinet-Serville, JG (1843) Homoptères. Homoptera Latr. [In] Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Deuxième partie: 455-483. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, 676 pages.
2. Liu, Gaines . 1939 . Some extracts from the history of entomology in China . Psyche: A Journal of Entomology . 46 . 23–28. 10.1155/1939/74632 . free.