Brevisana brevis
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Brevisana brevis is a cicada
found in Africa
and is the loudest insect on record. It has been recorded producing sounds with pressure levels of 106.7 decibels
at a distance of 50 cm.
Cicada
A cicada is an insect of the order Hemiptera, suborder Auchenorrhyncha , in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with large eyes wide apart on the head and usually transparent, well-veined wings. There are about 2,500 species of cicada around the world, and many of them remain unclassified...
found in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
and is the loudest insect on record. It has been recorded producing sounds with pressure levels of 106.7 decibels
Decibel
The decibel is a logarithmic unit that indicates the ratio of a physical quantity relative to a specified or implied reference level. A ratio in decibels is ten times the logarithm to base 10 of the ratio of two power quantities...
at a distance of 50 cm.