Is climate change to blame? Increased rainfall reduces emergence of Taiwanosemia hoppoensis (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) in coastal windbreak forests

We found that increased rainfall reduced exuvial numbers and impacted populations of Taiwanosemia hoppoensis from coastal regions, likely due to prolonged soil flooding harming the subterranean nymphs. As climate change advances, long‐term monitoring is essential to track cicada populations across taxa and regions, given their important ecological roles. in Chinese is available with online material. Second —Chinese 本研究發現降雨量增加會造成沿海地區臺灣暗蟬(Taiwanosemia hoppoensis)蟬蛻數量減少並影響其族群° 推測降雨量增加導致長時間土壤淹水，對地底下若蟲生存產生不利影響可能是主因°由於蟬在生態系統中扮演重要腳色,呼籲未來可透過調查蟬蛻數量的方法針對不同地區與不同蟬種進行長期族群數量監測,以瞭解氣候變遷對蟬所造成的影響°. We found that increased rainfall reduced exuvial numbers and impacted populations of Taiwanosemia hoppoensis from coastal regions, likely due to prolonged soil flooding harming the subterranean nymphs.