Megatibicen
{{Short description|Genus of true bugs}}
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| taxon = Megatibicen
| authority = Sanborn & Heath, 2016
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File:Megatibicen pronotalis P1330245a.jpg
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){{cite journal |last1=International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature |title=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 |journal=Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature |date=2021 |volume=78 |issue=2 |pages=138–141 |doi=10.21805/bzn.v78.a032 |url=https://www.biotaxa.org/bzn/article/view/70708 |access-date=25 February 2022}} 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
References
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{{Cite web| title=ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System
| url=https://www.itis.gov/
| accessdate=2018-04-05
}}
{{Cite web| title=Browse Megatibicen
| url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/5d5d9f0aa6cf7b4361553ace7a733e8e
| website=Catalogue of Life
| accessdate=2018-04-05
}}
{{Cite web| title=Megatibicen
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/9260229
| website=GBIF
| accessdate=2018-04-05
}}
{{Cite web| title=Megatibicen Genus Information
| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/1342996
| website=BugGuide.net
| accessdate=2018-04-05
}}
{{cite journal
|title = Priority and synonymy of some North American cicada genera (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Cryptotympanini)
|year = 2017
|journal = Zootaxa
|publisher = Magnolia Press
|volume = 4243
|first1 = Allen F.| last1 = Sanborn
|first2 = Maxine S.| last2 = Heath
|issue = 2
|doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.4243.2.8
|pmid = 28610155
|pages = 377–382
}}
{{Cite journal
| last1 = Sanborn | first1 = Allen F.
| last2 = Heath | first2 = Maxine S.
| date = 2016
| title = Megatibicen n. gen., a new North American cicada genus (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Cryptotympanini)
| url = https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4168.3.10
| journal = Zootaxa
| publisher = Magnolia Press
| volume = 4168
| issue = 3
| pages = 577–582
| doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.3.10
| pmid = 27701330
}}
}}
Further reading
{{refbegin}}
- {{Cite book
| last1 = Arnett | first1 = Ross H. Jr.
| date = 2000
| title = American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=DKzAmSDdLtsC
| publisher = CRC Press
| edition = 2nd
| isbn = 0-8493-0212-9
}}
- {{Cite journal
| last1 = Moulds | first1 = M.S.
| date = 2005
| title = An Appraisal of the Higher Classification of Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea) with Special Reference to the Australian Fauna
| journal = Records of the Australian Museum
| volume = 57
| issue = 3
| pages = 375–446
| issn = 0067-1975
| doi = 10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1447
| doi-access = free
}}
- {{Cite journal
| last1 = Sanborn | first1 = Allen F.
| date = 2009
| title = Checklist, new species and key to the cicadas of Cuba (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea, Cicadidae)
| journal = Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift
| volume = 56
| issue = 1
| pages = 85–92
| issn = 0012-0073
| doi = 10.1002/mmnd.200900007
}}
- {{Cite journal
| last1 = Sanborn | first1 = Allen F.
| date = 2007
| title = New species, new records and checklist of cicadas from Mexico (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadidae)
| journal = Zootaxa
| issue = 1651
| pages = 1–42
| issn = 1175-5334
}}
- {{Cite journal
| last1 = Sanborn | first1 = A.F.
| last2 = Phillips | first2 = P.K.
| date = 2013
| title = Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico
| url = http://www.cicadamania.com/downloads/diversity-05-00166.pdf
| journal = Diversity
| volume = 5
| issue = 2
| pages = 166–239
| doi = 10.3390/d5020166
| doi-access = free
}}
- {{Cite journal
| last1 = Van Duzee | first1 = E.P.
| date = 1915
| title = A preliminary review of the West coast Cicadidae
| journal = Journal of the New York Entomological Society
| volume = 23
| issue = 1
| pages = 21–44
}}
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External links
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