Megatibicen

Megatibicen is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae, with about 10 described species.^[1][2][3] Until 2016, these species were included in the genus Tibicen (now genus Lyristes Horvath, 1926)^[4] 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.^[5]

Megatibicen
Megatibicen dorsatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadidae
Subfamily:	Cicadinae
Tribe:	Cryptotympanini
Genus:	Megatibicen Sanborn & Heath, 2016

Megatibicen pronotalis

Species

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

• Megatibicen auletes (Germar, 1834) ^{c g b} (northern dusk-singing cicada)^[5]
• 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 [5]}
• Megatibicen resonans (Walker & F., 1850) ^{c g b} (southern resonant cicada)^[5]
• Megatibicen tremulus (Cole, 2008) ^{c g b} (western bush cicada)

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[6] c = Catalogue of Life,^[7] g = GBIF,^[2] b = Bugguide.net^[3]

References

1. 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.
2. "Megatibicen". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
3. "Megatibicen Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-05.
7. "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