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Black labium, claspers, and black abdomen indicate S. sahlbergi. The slightest hint of a stripe on thorax could be within normal range of variation for S. sahlbergi or indicate some albicincta genes in its ancestry. The thin white lines between the outer abdomen segments may be pale connective tissue, within range of variation for sahlbergi, or perhaps hint at albicincta genes.

1st molecular confirmation of Massospora diceroproctae made from individuals I collected from this location.

See pink fungus in genital area.

Matt Kasson from the University of West Virginia alerted me to this possibility from my iNat post of this cicada and undertook DNA barcoding using my samples.