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exuvia of a covered-tymbal cicada from Aceh

Image of Cryptotympana

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L: ca. 4 cmmembers of this cicada genus contain "natural" Antibiotics (www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P85028 (and are sadly sold in "Chinese medicine").Phylum: ArthropodaClass: InsectaOrder: Hemiptera (bugs, Schnabelkerfe)Suborder: AuchenorrhynchaInfraorder: Cicadomorpha (Rundkopfzikaden)Superfamily: CicadoideaFamily: Cicadidae WESTWOOD, 1840 (cicadas, Singzikaden)Subfamily: Tibiceninae Van Duzee, 1916 (covered-tymbal cicadas)Tribus: CryptotympaniniGenus: Cryptotympana STL 18?? (covered-tymbal cicadas)[det. "ozzicada", 2012, based on this photo]more info: www.kmnh.jp/publication/ronbun_pdf/7-1-E-Hayashi.pdfIndonesia, Sumatra, Aceh: Mt. Leuser NP (E-slope of Mt. Kemiri), ca. 1200m asl., 14.04.2009 IMG_4553

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