Megatibicen

Megatibicen
Megatibicen dorsatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hemiptera
Family:Cicadidae
Subfamily:Cicadinae
Genus:Megatibicen
Sanborn & Heath, 2016
Megatibicen pronotalis

Megatibicen is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae. There are about 10 described species in Megatibicen.[1][2][3]

The species formerly of genera Ameritibicen Lee, 2016 and Gigatibicen Lee, 2016 are now considered species of Megatibicen Sanborn & Heath, 2016.[4]

Species

These 10 species belong to the genus Megatibicen:[1]

  • Megatibicen auletes (Germar, 1834) c g b (northern dusk singing cicada)[4]
  • Megatibicen cultriformis (Davis & W.T., 1915) c g b (grand western flood plain cicada)
  • Megatibicen dealbatus (Davis & W.T., 1915) c g b (plains harvest-fly)
  • Megatibicen dorsatus (Say, 1825) c g b (bush cicada)
  • Megatibicen figuratus (Walker & F., 1858) c g b (fall southeastern dusk-singing cicada)
  • Megatibicen harenosus Cole, 2017 c g b
  • Megatibicen pronotalis (Davis & W.T., 1938) c g b (Walker's cicada)
  • Megatibicen resh (Haldeman, 1852) c g b [4]
  • Megatibicen resonans (Walker & F., 1850) c g b (southern resonant cicada)[4]
  • Megatibicen tremulus (Cole, 2008) c g b (western bush cicada)

Data sources: i = ITIS,[5] c = Catalogue of Life,[6] g = GBIF,[2] b = Bugguide.net[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Sanborn, Allen F.; Heath, Maxine S. (2016). "Megatibicen n. gen., a new North American cicada genus (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Cryptotympanini)". Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 4168 (3). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4168.3.10.
  2. 1 2 "Megatibicen". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  3. 1 2 "Megatibicen Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Sanborn, Allen F.; Heath, Maxine S. (2017). "Priority and synonymy of some North American cicada genera (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Cryptotympanini)". Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 4243. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4243.2.8.
  5. ↑ "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  6. ↑ "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. 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. 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: 166–239.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1915). "A preliminary review of the West coast Cicadidae". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 23 (1): 21–44.


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