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Megatibicen

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Megatibicen
Megatibicen dorsatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadinae
Tribe: Cryptotympanini
Genus: Megatibicen
Sanborn & Heath, 2016
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

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

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

References

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Sanborn, Allen F.; Heath, Maxine S. (2016). "Megatibicen n. gen., a new North American cicada genus (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Cryptotympanini)". Zootaxa. 4168 (3). Magnolia Press: 577–582. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4168.3.10. PMID 27701330.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Megatibicen". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Megatibicen Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  4. ^ International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (2021). "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". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 78 (2): 138–141. doi:10.21805/bzn.v78.a032. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Sanborn, Allen F.; Heath, Maxine S. (2017). "Priority and synonymy of some North American cicada genera (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Cryptotympanini)". Zootaxa. 4243 (2). Magnolia Press: 377–382. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4243.2.8. PMID 28610155.
  6. ^ "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  7. ^ "Browse Megatibicen". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.

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