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Taiwanosemia hoppoensis

Taiwanese endemic species
Breeding season May to August
Eyes are red (in Taiwan only Taiwanosemia hoppoensis 's eyes are red)
Male cicada is about 31 to 34 mm (1.2 to 1.3 inches) and female cicada is about 20 to 23 mm (0.79 to 0.91 inch)
Male preferences in the evening close to the dark start chirping, and chirping time is short, this feature may also be the only one in the world
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In 1907 by the Japanese scholar Dr Matsumura found
Dr Matsumura also set up a new genus for it " Taiwanosemia " it is meaning Taiwan's cicadas
It's also the only one cicadas named Taiwan in the world
With several Japanese researchers after returning to Japan
After 1945, due to the lack of basic researchers
and with the rapid development of the western plains
Had a history of up to 65 years without any recode about Taiwanosemia hoppoensis
Japanese cicada research scholars once thought that the Taiwanosemia hoppoensis were extinct in Taiwan
Until after 2003, found it again
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This info at first was very few number know
Until last year, this habitat was almost to be developed
So this windbreak forest has Taiwanosemia hoppoensis's news to let the public attention should be to protect it
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Now more and more people are starting to try find Taiwanosemia hoppoensis in the windbreak forest around them
However, through the search from many people, we found
In the past, the Casuarina windbreak forest on the western coast of Taiwan was very easy to see
But now are only a few pieces of habitat
Tainan coast windbreak of Casuarina is now an important habitat
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Now through the technology of molecular creatures
Still can not be classified Taiwanosemia hoppiness into other genus
Thus visible from the appearance of the form and now from molecular biotechnology
Also support the Taiwanosemia hoppoensis should be a independent genus , and only one speices in its genus
we call it " monotypic species "
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