| Megatibicen | |
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| Megatibicen dorsatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Subfamily: | Cicadinae |
| Tribe: | Cryptotympanini |
| Genus: | Megatibicen Sanborn & Heath, 2016 |
Megatibicen is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae, with about 10 described species. Until 2016, these species were included in the genus Tibicen (now genus Lyristes Horvath, 1926) and then briefly in Neotibicen. The species formerly of genera Ameritibicen Lee, 2016 and Gigatibicen Lee, 2016 are now considered species of Megatibicen Sanborn & Heath, 2016.
Species
These 10 species belong to the genus Megatibicen:
- Megatibicen auletes (Germar, 1834) (northern dusk-singing cicada)
- Megatibicen cultriformis (Davis & W.T., 1915) (grand western flood-plain cicada)
- Megatibicen dealbatus (Davis & W.T., 1915) (plains harvest-fly)
- Megatibicen dorsatus (Say, 1825) (bush cicada)
- Megatibicen figuratus (Walker & F., 1858) (fall southeastern dusk-singing cicada)
- Megatibicen harenosus Cole, 2017
- Megatibicen pronotalis (Davis & W.T., 1938) (Walker's cicada)
- Megatibicen resh (Haldeman, 1852)
- Megatibicen resonans (Walker & F., 1850) (southern resonant cicada)
- Megatibicen tremulus (Cole, 2008) (western bush cicada)
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
References
- ^ Sanborn, Allen F.; Heath, Maxine S. (2016). "Megatibicen n. gen., a new North American cicada genus (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Cryptotympanini)". Zootaxa. 4168 (3). Magnolia Press: 577–582. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4168.3.10. PMID 27701330.
- ^ "Megatibicen". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- ^ "Megatibicen Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (2021). "Opinion 2475 (Case 239) – Tibicina Kolenati, 1857 and Lyristes Horvath, 1926 (Insecta, Hemiptera): usage conserved by the suppression of Tibicen Berthold, 1827; Cicada Linnaeus, 1758 (Insecta, Hemiptera): usage conserved by designation of Cicada orni Linnaeus, 1758 as the type species". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 78 (2): 138–141. doi:10.21805/bzn.v78.a032. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ Sanborn, Allen F.; Heath, Maxine S. (2017). "Priority and synonymy of some North American cicada genera (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Cryptotympanini)". Zootaxa. 4243 (2). Magnolia Press: 377–382. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4243.2.8. PMID 28610155.
- "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- "Browse Megatibicen". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
Further reading
- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- Moulds, M.S. (2005). "An Appraisal of the Higher Classification of Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea) with Special Reference to the Australian Fauna". Records of the Australian Museum. 57 (3): 375–446. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1447. ISSN 0067-1975.
- Sanborn, Allen F. (2009). "Checklist, new species and key to the cicadas of Cuba (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea, Cicadidae)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 56 (1): 85–92. doi:10.1002/mmnd.200900007. ISSN 0012-0073.
- Sanborn, Allen F. (2007). "New species, new records and checklist of cicadas from Mexico (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadidae)". Zootaxa (1651): 1–42. ISSN 1175-5334.
- Sanborn, A.F.; Phillips, P.K. (2013). "Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico" (PDF). Diversity. 5 (2): 166–239. doi:10.3390/d5020166.
- Van Duzee, E.P. (1915). "A preliminary review of the West coast Cicadidae". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 23 (1): 21–44.
External links
Media related to Megatibicen at Wikimedia Commons
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