Dundubia
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| Dundubia | |
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| Dundubia vaginata (Similajau National Park, Malaysia) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Subfamily: | Cicadinae |
| Tribe: | Dundubiini |
| Genus: | Dundubia Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 |
Dundubia is a genus of cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) in the subfamily Cicadinae[1] and the type genus of the tribe Dundubiini.
The name Dundubia is derived from Sanskrit दुंदुभि (dundubhi), meaning 'drum'.[2] A characteristic feature is the pair of long lobes covering the tymbals on the underside of the male abdomen.
The head is triangular with a prominent large forewing margin and a forehead with a short longitudinal groove in the middle. The fairly prominent eyes, are large and oval.[2] The prothorax is not expanded at the sides.[2]
This genus is notable for the extraordinarily large opercula covering the tymbals and extending down much the abdomen in male insects.[2]
