Neotibicen bermudianus
{{Short description|Species of true bug}}
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| image =Tibicen_bermudiana_-_extinct_cicada_(4785281142).jpg
| extinct = yes
| genus = Neotibicen
| species = bermudianus
| authority = (Verrill, 1902)
| synonyms = *Tibicen bermudianus Verrill, 1902
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Neotibicen bermudianus, also colloquially known as the Bermuda cicada, is an extinct species of annual cicada that was endemic to the island of Bermuda.{{cite web|url=http://www.bermuda-online.org/fauna.htm|title=Bermuda cicada. Bermuda Online}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/tibicen-bermudiana-an-extinct-cicada/|title=bermuda cicada|date=3 August 2015 }}
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.{{Cite journal |last=Lee |first=Young June |date=December 2016 |title=Description of three new genera, Paratibicen, Gigatibicen, and Ameritibicen, of Cryptotympanini (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) and a key to their species |journal=Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity |language=en |volume=9 |issue=4 |pages=448–454 |doi=10.1016/j.japb.2016.09.002|doi-access=free }}
Extinction
Populations of this species were historically abundant on Bermuda, but they plummeted sharply in the middle 20th century after the decline of their preferred host, the Bermuda cedar.{{Cite web |title=Bermuda Cicada |url=https://environment.bm/bermuda-cicada |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=The Department of Environment and Natural Resources |language=en-GB}}
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Category:Endemic fauna of Bermuda
Category:Insects described in 1902
Category:Extinct insects since 1500
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