Tacua speciosa

Tacua speciosa
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadinae
Tribe: Tacuini
Subtribe: Tacuina
Genus: Tacua
Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
Species:
T. speciosa
Binomial name
Tacua speciosa
(Illiger, 1800)
Synonyms
  • Tettigonia speciosa Illiger, 1800
  • Cicada indica Donovan, 1800
  • Cicada speciosa (Illiger, 1800)

Tacua speciosa is a very large Southeast Asian species of cicada. It is the only member of the genus Tacua (from Chinese: 大鼓; pinyin: dàgǔ; Wade–Giles: ta4ku3; lit. 'big drum') and is the type genus of the tribe Tacuini.