Oxypleura calypso
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Oxypleura calypso | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Genus: | Oxypleura |
| Species: | O. calypso |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxypleura calypso | |
Oxypleura calypso, also known as the Christmas Island cicada, is a species of cicada in the true cicada family. It is endemic to Christmas Island, an Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean. It was described in 1889 by English entomologist William Forsell Kirby.[1][2]
The length of the forewing is 33–38 mm.[3]
