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  6. Typical Cicadas
  7. Tacuina
  8. Great Cicadas

genus

Great Cicadas

Megatibicen

Includes
10 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Megatibicen is a genus of North American cicadas in the tribe Tacuini, with about 10 described species. Until 2016, these species were included in the genus Tibicen (now genus Lyristes Horvath, 1926) and then briefly in Neotibicen. The species formerly of genera Ameritibicen Lee, 2016 and Gigatibicen Lee, 2016 are now considered species of Megatibicen Sanborn & Heath, 2016.

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Children

  • Resh Cicada native
  • Northern Dusk-singing Cicada native
  • Plains Cicada presumed native
  • Bush Cicada presumed native
  • Walker's Annual Cicada presumed native
  • Resonant Cicada native
  • Fall Southeastern Dusk-singing Cicada native
  • Grand Western Flood Plain Cicada presumed native
  • Cole's Bush Cicada presumed native
  • Great Mescalero Cicada presumed native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native great cicadas All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Resh Cicada Megatibicen resh 10,006 observations
  • Northern Dusk-singing Cicada Megatibicen grossus 6,200 observations
  • Resonant Cicada Megatibicen resonans 1,161 observations
  • Fall Southeastern Dusk-singing Cicada Megatibicen figuratus 731 observations

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