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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.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • da Costa Lima, Â.M. (1942a) Insetos do Brasil. 3. Tomo. Homópteros. Escola Nacional de Agronomia, Rio de Janeiro, Vol. 3, 327 pp.
  • 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.
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  • Friend, R.B. (1946a) Prevalence of insect pests. Bulletin of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, 501, 12–17.
  • 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.

Type

type species by original designation of

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

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

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1056
species708592