Megatibicen

Megatibicen pronotalis

Megatibicen is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae, with about 10 described species.^[1][2][3] Until 2016, these species were included in the genus Tibicen (now genus Lyristes Horvath, 1926)^[4] 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.^[5]

Species

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

• Megatibicen auletes (Germar, 1834) ^{c g b} (northern dusk-singing cicada)^[5]
• 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 [5]}
• Megatibicen resonans (Walker & F., 1850) ^{c g b} (southern resonant cicada)^[5]
• Megatibicen tremulus (Cole, 2008) ^{c g b} (western bush cicada)

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[6] c = Catalogue of Life,^[7] g = GBIF,^[2] b = Bugguide.net^[3]

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