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Annual Cicada
Annual cicadas are North American Cicadidae species that appear every summer. The life cycle of a so-called annual cicada typically spans 2 to 5 years; they are "annual" only in the sense that members of the species reappear annually. The name is used to distinguish them from periodical cicada species, which occur only in Eastern North America, are developmentally synchronized, and appear in great swarms every 13 or 17 years. All other cicadas from all other biogeographic regions produce annual broods, so the distinction is not made outside of North America. Species called "annual cicada" include members of the genus ''Neotibicen Cicadas of the genus ''Neotibicen'' are large-bodied insects of the family Cicadidae that appear in summer or early fall in eastern North America. Common names include cicada, harvestfly, jar fly, and the misnomer locust. In 2015, these specie ...'' ("dog-day cicadas"), '' Diceroprocta'', '' Neocicada'', and '' Okanagana''. References Cicadas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cicadidae
Cicadidae, the true cicadas, is the largest family of cicadas, with more than 3,200 species worldwide. The oldest known definitive fossils are from the Paleocene, a nymph from the Cretaceous Burmese amber has been attributed to the family, but could also belong to the Tettigarctidae. Description Cicadas are large insects characterized by their membranous wings, triangular-formation of three ocelli on the top of their heads, and their short, bristle-like antennae. Life cycle Cicadas are generally separated into two categories based on their adult emergence pattern. Annual cicadas remain underground as nymphs for two or more years and the population is not locally synchronized in its development, so that some adults mature each year or in most years. Periodical cicadas also have multiple-year life cycles but emerge in synchrony or near synchrony in any one location and are absent as adults in the intervening years. The most well-known periodical cicadas, genus ''Magicicada'', e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Periodical Cicada
The term periodical cicada is commonly used to refer to any of the seven species of the genus ''Magicicada'' of eastern North America, the 13- and 17-year cicadas. They are called periodical because nearly all individuals in a local population are developmentally synchronized and emerge in the same year. Although they are sometimes called "locusts", this is a misnomer, as cicadas belong to the taxonomic order Hemiptera (true bugs), suborder Auchenorrhyncha, while locusts are grasshoppers belonging to the order Orthoptera. ''Magicicada'' belongs to the cicada tribe Lamotialnini, a group of genera with representatives in Australia, Africa, and Asia, as well as the Americas. ''Magicicada'' species spend around 99.5% of their long lives underground in an immature state called a Nymph (biology), nymph. While underground the nymphs feed on xylem fluids from the roots of deciduous forest trees in the eastern United States. In the spring of their 13th or 17th year mature cicada nymphs em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea, and to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean. Because it is on the North American Plate, North American Tectonic Plate, Greenland is included as a part of North America geographically. North America covers an area of about , about 16.5% of Earth's land area and about 4.8% of its total surface. North America is the third-largest continent by area, following Asia and Africa, and the list of continents and continental subregions by population, fourth by population after Asia, Africa, and Europe. In 2013, its population was estimated at nearly 579 million people in List of sovereign states and dependent territories in North America, 23 independent states, or about 7.5% of the world's population. In Americas (terminology)#Human ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neotibicen
Cicadas of the genus ''Neotibicen'' are large-bodied insects of the family Cicadidae that appear in summer or early fall in eastern North America. Common names include cicada, harvestfly, jar fly, and the misnomer locust. In 2015, these species were moved from the genus ''Tibicen'' (now genus ''Lyristes'' Horvath, 1926), which was redefined in the twenty-first century to include only a few European species, while species from the Western United States and Mexico are now placed in a separate genus, ''Hadoa''. In addition, several former ''Neotibicen'' species have been moved to the genus ''Megatibicen''. ''Neotibicen'' species are the most commonly encountered cicadas in the eastern United States. Unlike periodical cicadas, whose appearances aboveground occur at 13- or 17-year intervals, ''Neotibicen'' species can be seen every year, hence their nickname "annual cicadas". Despite their annual appearances, ''Neotibicen'' probably take multiple years to develop underground, because ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diceroprocta
''Diceroprocta'' is a genus of scrub cicadas in the family Cicadidae. There are at least 60 described species in ''Diceroprocta''. Species These 60 species belong to the genus ''Diceroprocta'': * '' Diceroprocta alacris'' (Stål, 1864) * '' Diceroprocta albomaculata'' Davis, 1928 * '' Diceroprocta apache'' (Davis, 1921) (citrus cicada) * '' Diceroprocta apache-cinctifera-semicincta'' * '' Diceroprocta arizona'' (Davis, 1916) * '' Diceroprocta aurantiaca'' Davis, 1938 * '' Diceroprocta averyi'' Davis, 1941 * '' Diceroprocta azteca'' (Kirkaldy, 1909) * '' Diceroprocta bakeri'' (Distant, 1911) * '' Diceroprocta belizensis'' (Distant, 1910) * '' Diceroprocta bequaerti'' (Davis, 1917) * '' Diceroprocta bibbyi'' Davis, 1928 * '' Diceroprocta bicolora'' Davis, 1935 * '' Diceroprocta biconica'' (Walker, 1850) (the Key's cicada) * '' Diceroprocta bicosta'' (Walker, 1850) * '' Diceroprocta bimaculata'' (Sanborn, 2010) * '' Diceroprocta bonhotei'' (Distant, 1901) * '' Diceroprocta bulgara' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neocicada
''Neocicada'' is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae, with about five described species. Species These five species are: * '' Neocicada australamexicana'' Sanborn and Sueur in Sanborn, Heath, Sueur and Phillips, 2005 * '' Neocicada centramericana'' Sanborn in Sanborn, Heath, Sueur and Phillips, 2005 * '' Neocicada chisos'' (Davis, 1916) (chisos cicada) * '' Neocicada hieroglyphica'' (Say, 1830) (hieroglyphic cicada) * '' Neocicada mediamexicana'' Sanborn in Sanborn, Heath, Sueur and Phillips, 2005 i c g Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net References Further reading * * * * * * * * * * External links * Articles created by Qbugbot Leptopsaltriini Cicadidae genera {{Cicadidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okanagana
''Okanagana'' is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae Cicadidae, the true cicadas, is the largest family of cicadas, with more than 3,200 species worldwide. The oldest known definitive fossils are from the Paleocene, a nymph from the Cretaceous Burmese amber has been attributed to the family, but co .... There are at 58 described species in ''Okanagana''. Species These 58 species belong to the genus ''Okanagana'': References Further reading * * * * * External links * Tibicinini Cicadidae genera {{Cicadidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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