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Species

Neotibicen canicularis (Harris, 1841)

god-day cicada

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (11)

  • Cicada canicularis Harris, 1841a: 175. (valid in Metcalf, 1963e: 252)

    Holotype; female; number 26461; deposited at: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (MCZ); U.S.A.: Massachusetts

  • Cicada canicularis Harris, 1841 (subjective synonym of Cicada tibicen Linnaeus, 1758) in Fitch, 1856a: 367.
  • Tibicen canulatus [sic] (Harris, 1841) (misspelling of Cicada canicularis Harris, 1841) in Sanborn & Villet, 2014a: 133.
  • Neotibicen canicularis (Harris, 1841) in Hill, Marshall, Moulds & Simon, 2015a: 227.

Nomenclature references (11)

  • Distant, W.L. (1906j) A synonymic catalogue of Homoptera. Part 1. Cicadidae. Printed by order of the Trustees. London., 1906, 1–207.
  • Fitch, A. (1856a) Third report on the noxious and other insects of the State of New York. Transactions of the New-York State Agricultural Society, 16, 315–490.
  • 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.
  • Jian, J.-C., Yang, X.-Y., Tang, H., Xu, M.-L. & Chen, H. (1995b) [Song property serving the purpose of communication and stimation of flight phonotactic region in cicadas.]. Acta Acustica, 20, 226–231. [in Chinese]
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1963e) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VIII. Cicadoidea. Part 1. Cicadidae. Section I. Tibiceninae. Baltimore, Md.: Waverly press, vii + 585 p.
  • 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. & Villet, M.H. (2014a) Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). USA: Elsevier Science Publishing, 1001 pp.
  • Sueur, J. (2001a) Audiospectrographical analysis of cicada sound production: a catalogue (Hemiptera, Cicadidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 48, 33–51.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1890c) Synonymy of the Homoptera described by Say, Harris and Fitch. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 5, 387–391.
  • Van Duzee, E.P. (1916a) Check list of Hemiptera (excepting the Aphididae, Aleurodidae and Coccidae) of America North of Mexico. New York Entomological Society, New York, xi + 111.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: canicularis (referring to Sirius, or Dog Star); named for the dog days of summer (Sanborn & Phillips, 2013)

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1078