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Morphometrics of the Final Instar Exuviae for Four Cicada Species Occurring in Urban Areas of Central Korea
Cicadas that produce loud calling songs for mate attraction can be a nuisance to city dwellers in Korea. The exuviae of final instars can be used for estimation of population density. To provide a key for species identification, we investigated morphological characteristics of final instar exuviae for four cicada species that are abundant in urban areas of central Korea: Cryptotympana atrata, Meimuna opalifera, Oncotympana fuscata, and Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata. Eight morphological characters were used for statistical analyses. The results of a general linear model showed that species and sex were significant for morphological characters and that mean values of most of the morphological characters measured were significantly different among four cicada species. C. atrata and M. opalifera were separated from the other species in most characters measured. Although O. fuscata and G. nigrofuscata were not distinguishable based on size-related characters, these two species differed in femoral tooth angle. Therefore, the exuviae of all four cicada species can be easily distinguished based on the morphological characters used in this study.
