Megatibicen

Megatibicen is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae, with about 10 described species.[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]

Megatibicen
Megatibicen dorsatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Cicadidae
Tribe: Cryptotympanini
Genus: Megatibicen
Sanborn & Heath, 2016
Megatibicen pronotalis

Species

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

Data sources: i = ITIS,[5] c = Catalogue of Life,[6] 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. Magnolia Press. 4168 (3): 577. 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. Sanborn, Allen F.; Heath, Maxine S. (2017). "Priority and synonymy of some North American cicada genera (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Cryptotympanini)". Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 4243: 377–382. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4243.2.8. PMID 28610155.
  5. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  6. "Browse Megatibicen". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.

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