Neotibicen tibicen explained

Neotibicen tibicen, known generally as the swamp cicada or morning cicada, is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae. It is widespread across much of the eastern and central United States and portions of southeastern Canada. There are two subspecies, N. tibicen tibicen and N. tibicen australis, with the latter replacing subspecies tibicen in portions of Florida, Georgia, and Alabama.

Description

Neotibicen tibicen is active particularly in the morning; hence its common name, the morning cicada. It is strictly ectothermic, and only becomes active in the morning after basking in the sun to raise its body temperature.^[1] The species' name was Tibicen chloromerus, but in 2008 it was changed to Tibicen tibicen because the cicada was determined to have been described first under this specific epithet.^[2] The species was moved to the genus Neotibicen in 2015.^[3] N. tibicen is the most frequently encountered Neotibicen because it often perches on low vegetation.^[4] Likewise, it is arguably the most common Neotibicen in North America.^[5]

External links

• https://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/neotibicen-tibicen-tibicen-linnaeus-1758-aka-morning-cicada/

Notes and References

1. Sanborn. Allen F.. Comparative thermoregulation of sympatric endothermic and ectothermic cicadas (Homoptera: Cicadidae: Tibicen winnemanna and Tibicen chloromerus). J. Comp. Physiol. A. 2000. 186. 6 . 551–556. 10.1007/s003590000110 . 10947237 . 24504378 . 6 July 2021.
2. Sanborn. Allen F.. The Identity Of Cicada tibicen Linné [=''Tibicen chloromerus'' (Walker, 1850)] (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae)]. Entomol. News. May 2008. 119. 3. 227–231. 10.3157/0013-872X(2008)119[227:TIOCTL]2.0.CO;2. 86159613 . 17 February 2014.
3. Hill. Kathy B. R.. Marshall. David C.. Moulds. Maxwell S.. Simon. Chris. Molecular phylogenetics, diversification, and systematics of Tibicen Latreille,1825 and allied cicadas of the tribe Cryptotympanini, with three new genera and emphasis on species from the USA and Canada (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadidae). Zootaxa. July 2015. 3985. 2. 219–251. 10.11646/zootaxa.3985.2.3. 26250031 . 4331792 . 6 July 2021.
4. Web site: Swamp Cicada (Neotibicen tibicen tibicen). Songs of Insects. 2021-07-06.
5. Book: Sanborn . Allen F. . Heath . Maxine S. . 2017 . The Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae) of North America North of Mexico . Entomological Society of America . 978-0-9966674-2-5.