genus
Megatibicen Sanborn & Heath, 2016
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (5)
- Megatibicen Sanborn & Heath, 2016a: 578.
type species by original designation Cicada marginata var. dealbata Davis, 1915
- Ameritibicen Lee, 2016c: 450.
type species by original designation Cicada dorsata Say, 1825
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- Ameritibicen Lee, 2016 (subjective synonym of Megatibicen Sanborn & Heath, 2016) in Sanborn & Heath, 2017a: 381.
- Gigatibicen Lee, 2016 (subjective synonym of Megatibicen Sanborn & Heath, 2016) in Sanborn & Heath, 2017a: 381.
Type
Cicada marginata var. dealbata Davis, 1915 type species by original designation of Megatibicen Sanborn & Heath, 2016
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
Greek: μέγας (large) + Tibicen; in reference to the large size, acoustic abilities and previous classification of the species
Nomenclature references (3)
- Lee, Y.J. (2016c) Description of three new genera, Paratibicen, Gigatibicen, and Ameritibicen, of Cryptotympanini (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) and a key to their species. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 9, 448–454.
- Sanborn, A.F. & Heath, M.S. (2016a) Megatibicen n. gen., a new North American cicada genus (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Cryptotympanini). Zootaxa, 4168(3), 577–582.
- Sanborn, A.F. & Heath, M.S. (2017a) Priority and synonymy of some North American cicada genera (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Cryptotympanini). Zootaxa, 4243(2), 377–382.
Stats
| Names | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Total | Valid | Invalid |
| genus | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| species | 77 | 10 | 67 |
| subspecies | 25 | 3 | 22 |