For the past 17 years, they've been underground, never moving more than 3 feet, sipping tree root sap and excavating tunnels ...

Researchers said the species was “abundant” but “difficult to capture” as it evaded their light traps in the tree canopy.

The new species is ochre-color with black markings and is about ... The closest relative to the new Huboliao cicada was a single male of a different species found in Vietnam.