Huechys
Huechys is a genus of cicadas in the tribe Cicadettini, with species recorded from Asia and the Americas.
Taxonomy
The genus name is derived from the Chinese words for 'blood cicada'. 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.Species
The World Auchenorrhyncha Database includes:- 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 insularis
- Huechys lutulenta
- Huechys nigripennis
- Huechys parvula
- Huechys phaenicura
- Huechys pingenda
- Huechys sanguinea - type species
- Huechys testacea
- Huechys thoracica
- Huechys tonkinensis
- ''Huechys vidua''