Exuviae of the cicada Pycna semiclara were found next to freshly eclosed adults. The exuvium of Pycna semiclara is described and illustrated for the first time and a key is presented to distinguish the exuvium of this species from those of Platypleura stridula and Platypleura capensis, the only other species of cicadas from southern Africa for which exuviae have been described.
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14 May 2013
The Final Instar Exuvium of Pycna semiclara Germar, 1834 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)
John M. Midgley,
Nicolette Bouwer,
Martin H. Villet
African Invertebrates
Vol. 54 • No. 1
June 2013
Vol. 54 • No. 1
June 2013
Afrotropical
cicadas
Cicadidae
exuvium
Hemiptera
identification key
nymphs