Classification: | Phylum: Arthropoda | Class: Insecta | Order: Hemiptera | Family: Cicadoidea | Genus: Purana |

The eye colour of the cicada below was different from the rest above although the rest of the features looked quite similar in general.

This pair of mating cicada was spotted in June 2016 in a park. One of them was holding onto a leaf from the Simpoh Air shrub (Dillenia suffruticosa).

Reference article:

Leong TM. Record of the cicada, Purana usnani Duffels & Schouten in Singapore, with preliminary acoustic analysis (Homoptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae). Nature in Singapore 2012;5:13-17. | Read article |