Megatibicen Explained

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)^[1] 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)

^{c g b} (northern dusk-singing cicada)

• 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}

• Megatibicen resonans (Walker & F., 1850)

^{c g b} (southern resonant cicada)

• Megatibicen tremulus (Cole, 2008)

^{c g b} (western bush cicada)Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2nd. 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. 0067-1975 . 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1447. free.
• Sanborn . Allen F.. 2009. Checklist, new species and key to the cicadas of Cuba (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea, Cicadidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 56. 1. 85–92. 0012-0073 . 10.1002/mmnd.200900007.
• Sanborn . Allen F.. 2007. New species, new records and checklist of cicadas from Mexico (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadidae). Zootaxa. 1651. 1–42. 1175-5334.
• Sanborn . A.F.. Phillips . P.K.. 2013. Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico. Diversity. 5. 2. 166–239 . 10.3390/d5020166. free.
• Van Duzee . E.P.. 1915. A preliminary review of the West coast Cicadidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 23. 1. 21–44.

Notes and References

1. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature . 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 . 2021 . 78 . 2 . 138–141 . 10.21805/bzn.v78.a032 . 25 February 2022.