Megatibicen dorsatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Megatibicen
Species:
M. dorsatus
Binomial name
Megatibicen dorsatus
(Say, 1825)

Megatibicen dorsatus, known generally as the bush cicada or giant grassland cicada, is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae.[1][2][3]

Bush cicada, Megatibicen dorsatus
Bush cicada, Megatibicen dorsatus

Notes

M. dorsatus is endemic to the tallgrass prairies of the central United States.[4] Adult males are host to the acoustically hunting sarcophagid parasitoid, Emblemasoma erro.[5]

References

  1. "Megatibicen dorsatus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  2. "Megatibicen dorsatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  3. "Megatibicen dorsatus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  4. Sanborn, A.F.; Phillips, P.K. (2013). "Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico" (PDF). Diversity. 5: 166–239.
  5. Stucky, B.J. (2015). "Infection behavior, life history, and host parasitism rates of Emblemasoma erro (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), an acoustically hunting parasitoid of the cicada Tibicen dorsatus (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)". Zoological Studies. 54. doi:10.1186/s40555-015-0105-z. PMC 6661446.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Sanborn, Allen F. (2009). "Checklist, new species and key to the cicadas of Cuba (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea, Cicadidae)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 56 (1): 85–92. ISSN 0012-0073.
  • Sanborn, Allen F. (2007). "New species, new records and checklist of cicadas from Mexico (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadidae)". Zootaxa (1651): 1–42. ISSN 1175-5334.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1915). "A preliminary review of the West coast Cicadidae". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 23 (1): 21–44.


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