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genus

Magicicada Davis, 1925

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (11)

  • Magicicada Davis, 1925a: 43.

    type species by original designation Cicada septendecim Linnaeus, 1758

  • Megacicada [sic] Davis, 1925 in da Costa Lima, 1942a: 26.
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  • Magicicadae [sic] Davis, 1925 in Markus, Schulz & Goles, 2002a: 202.
  • Magicicadae [sic] Davis, 1925 (misspelling of Magicicada Davis, 1925) in Markus, Schulz & Goles, 2002a: 202.

Type

Cicada septendecim Linnaeus, 1758 type species by original designation of Magicicada Davis, 1925

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: magus (magic, magical) + Cicada (referring to suprnatural timekeeping ability)

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Davis, W.T. (1925a) Cicada tibicen, a South American species, with records and descriptions of North American cicadas. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 33, 35–51.
  • Friend, R.B. (1946a) Prevalence of insect pests. Bulletin of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, 501, 12–17.
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  • Huber, F. (1983a) Neural correlates of orthopteran and cicada phonotaxis. Pages 108–135 in F. Huber & H. Markl, eds. Neuroethology and behavioural physiology: roots and growing points. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  • Karban, R. (1986a) Prolonged development in cicadas. Pages 222–235 in F. Taylor & R. Karban, eds. The evolution of insect life cycles. Springer-Verlag, New York.
  • Markus, M., Schulz, O. & Goles, E. (2002a) Prey population cycles are stable in an evolutionary modeil if and only if their periods are prime. ScienceAsia., 28, 199–203.
  • da Costa Lima, Â.M. (1942a) Insetos do Brasil. 3. Tomo. Homópteros. Escola Nacional de Agronomia, Rio de Janeiro, Vol. 3, 327 pp.

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