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:
  1. Huechys aenea
  2. Huechys beata
  3. Huechys celebensis
  4. Huechys chantrainei
  5. Huechys chryselectra
  6. Huechys curvata
  7. Huechys dohertyi
  8. Huechys eos
  9. Huechys facialis
  10. Huechys fretensis
  11. Huechys funebris
  12. Huechys fusca
  13. Huechys haematica
  14. Huechys insularis
  15. Huechys lutulenta
  16. Huechys nigripennis
  17. Huechys parvula
  18. Huechys phaenicura
  19. Huechys pingenda
  20. Huechys sanguinea - type species
  21. Huechys testacea
  22. Huechys thoracica
  23. Huechys tonkinensis
  24. ''Huechys vidua''