Neotibicen bermudianus explained

Neotibicen bermudianus, also colloquially known as the Bermuda cicada, is an extinct species of annual cicada that was endemic to the island of Bermuda.^{[1] [2]}

Taxonomy

Neotibicen lyricen, the lyric cicada, of the Eastern United States is the most closely related species of Neotibicen behaviorally, morphologically, and genetically to the Bermuda cicada.^[3]

Extinction

Populations of this species were historically abundant on Bermuda, but they plummeted sharply in the middle twentieth century after the decline of their preferred host: the Bermuda cedar.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bermuda cicada. Bermuda Online.
2. Web site: bermuda cicada. 3 August 2015 .
3. Lee . Young June . December 2016 . Description of three new genera, Paratibicen, Gigatibicen, and Ameritibicen, of Cryptotympanini (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) and a key to their species . Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity . en . 9 . 4 . 448–454 . 10.1016/j.japb.2016.09.002. free .
4. Web site: Bermuda Cicada . 2023-10-02 . The Department of Environment and Natural Resources . en-GB.