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'.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. 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 (53 B.C. - A.D. 18).
Species The World Auchenorrhyncha DatabaseWorld Auchenorrhyncha Database: genus Huechys Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 (retrieved 23 May 2025) 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 (as Cicada sanguinea ) Huechys testacea Huechys thoracica Huechys tonkinensis Huechys vidua
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