title: Cacama (cicada)
text: # Cacama (cicada)
  
  Cacama is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae commonly known as cactus dodgers. There are about 12 described species in Cacama.
  
  ## Species
  
  These 12 species belong to the genus Cacama:
  
  * Cacama californica Davis, $1919^{icgb}$
  * Cacama carbonaria Davis, $1919^{icgb}$
  * Cacama collinaplaga Sanborn & Heath in Sanborn, Heath, Phillips & Heath, $2011^{icgb}$
  * Cacama crepitans (Van Duzee, $1914)^{icgb}$
  * Cacama dissimilis (Distant, $1881)^{icgb}$
  * Cacama furcata Davis, $1919^{icgb}$
  * Cacama longirostris (Distant, $1881)^{icgb}$
  * Cacama maura (Distant, $1881)^{icgb}$
  * Cacama moorei Sanborn & Heath in Sanborn, Heath, Phillips & Heath, $2011^{icgb}$ (Moore's cactus dodger)
  * Cacama pygmaea Sanborn in Sanborn, Heath, Phillips & Heath, $2011^{icgb}$
  * Cacama valvata (Uhler, $1888)^{icgb}$ (common cactus dodger)
  * Cacama variegata Davis, $1919^{icgb}$ (variegated cactus dodger)
  
  Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
  
  