Species

Neotibicen tibicen (Linnaeus, 1758)

Descendants and synonyms

Cicada tibicen Linnaeus, 1758a: 436.
Lectotype; male; nr. 1838; deposited at: Uppsala Universitet, Zoologiska Museum (ZIUU);

Linnaeus, C. (1758a) II. Hemiptera. In Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae. pp. 434–439. [iv + 823 + 1 (Emendanda, Addenda) pp.] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542
Wallin, L. (2001) Catalogue of type specimens. 4. Linnaean specimens ( a revised version 6). Uppsala University, Museum of Evolution, Zoology section (UUZM), Norbyvägen 16, S-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden, 1–128 pp.

Sanborn, A.F. (2008a) The identity of Cicada tibicen Linné [=Tibicen chloromerus (Walker, 1850)] (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae). Entomological News, 119, 227–231.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: tibicen (piper, flutist) from tibia (pipe, flute) + -cen (player) (genetive: tibicinis)