Tacua speciosa is a very large Southeast Asian species of cicada. It is the only member of the genus Tacua (from )Amyot CJB, Audinet-Serville, JG (1843) Homoptères. Homoptera Latr. [In] Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Deuxième partie: 455-483. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, 676 pages. and is the type genus of the tribe Tacuini.World Auchenorrhyncha Database: genus Tacua Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 (retrieved 21 May 2025)
Description Tacua speciosa has a wingspan of and a head-body length of .Distant, W.L. (1892). A Monograph of Oriental Cicadidae. London, West Megapomponia, Pomponia and Tacua are the largest cicadas in the world. Tacua speciosa has black wings, a yellow-green collar, a red transverse stripe on the thorax and a turquoise-blue abdomen.
Distribution This species can be found in Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Singapore, Malay Peninsula. It was once described as from North East India but it seems to be a mistake.
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References Biolib
M.I. Zaidi W. Nordin, M. Maryati, A. Wahab, M.F. Norashikin, K. Catherine and A. Fatimah - Cicada (Homoptera: Ciadoidea) Fauna of Crocker Range Park, Sabah - Asean Review of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation (ARBEC) July–September 2002 Arbec.com "Notes on Indian Rhynchota - Homoptera" https://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/tacua-speciosa/
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A detailed photo of a T. speciosa