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Brevisiana brevis

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ108696967 ↗
Source-derived summary

Brevisana brevis, known as the shrill thorntree cicada, is a cicada found in Africa and is likely the loudest insect on record. It has been recorded producing sounds with pressure levels of 106.7 decibels at a distance of 50 cm.

Brevisana brevis is found in the African countries Angola, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Malawi.

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“Brevisiana brevis” enters the record as species of insect. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Brevisiana, brevis and species can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current 54-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Brevisiana, brevis and species.
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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q108696967. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from “Brevisiana brevis” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.