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Megatibicen cultriformis (Davis, 1915)

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (8)

  • Cicada cultriformis Davis, 1915d: 239.

    Holotype; male; No. 200068; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); U.S.A.: Blue River, a branch of the Gila River in Greenlee County, Arizona, 25 August 1914, E.G. Holt, collector

  • Tibicen cultriformis (Davis, 1915) in Van Duzee, 1917b: 493.
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  • Megatibicen cultriformis (Davis, 1915) in Sanborn & Heath, 2016a: 578.
  • Ameritibicen cultriformis (Davis, 1915) in Lee, 2016c: 451.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: knife-shaped (referring to the shape of the male terminalia)

Nomenclature references (9)

  • Arnett, R.H., Jr. & Jacques, R.L.J. (1981a) Simon and Schuster’s guide to insects. Simon & Schuster, New York, 511 pp.
  • Davis, W.T. (1915d) A new Cicada from Arizona. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 23(4), 239–241.
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  • Harris, T.W. (1841a) Harvest flies, etc. (Hemiptera Homoptera). In A report on the insects of Massachusetts, injurious to vegetation. Folsom, Wells, and Thurston. Cambridge, MA. Vol. 1841, pp. 164–186. [459 pp.]
  • Hill, K.B.R., Marshall, D.C., Moulds, M.S. & Simon, C. (2015a) Molecular phylogenetics, diversification, and systematics of Tibicen Latreille 1825 and allied cicadas of the tribe Cryptotympanini, with three new genera and emphasis on species from the USA and Canada (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadidae). Zootaxa, 3985(2), 219–251.
  • 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. (2017) The Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae) of North America North of Mexico. Entomological Society of America, Annapolis, MD, 2nd ed., x + 302 pp.
  • Sanborn, A.F. (1999a) Cicada (Homoptera: Cicadidoidea) type material in the collections of the American Museum of Natural History, California Academy of Sciences, Snow Entomological Museum, Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, and the United States National Museum. The Florida Entomologist, 82(1), 34–60.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1917b) Catalogue of the Hemiptera of America north of Mexico excepting the Aphididae, Coccidae and Aleurodidae. Technical Bulletin. University of California, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station. Entomology. Berkeley, 2, 1–902.

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