''Megatibicen'' is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae, with about 10 described species. Until 2016, these species were included in the genus ''

Tibicen ''Tibicen'' is an historical genus name in the insect family Cicadidae (order Hemiptera) that was originally published by P. A. Latreille in 1825 and formally made available in a translation by A. A. Berthold in 1827. The name was placed on the Of ...

'' (now genus ''

Lyristes ''Lyristes'' is a genus of cicadas from Europe and the Middle East. It was described by G. Horvath in 1926. Many authors previously listed the species of ''Lyristes'' under genus ''Tibicen'' Berthold, 1827, which shares the same type species. Ho ...

'' Horvath, 1926) and then briefly in ''

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 ...

''. The species formerly of genera ''Ameritibicen'' Lee, 2016 and ''Gigatibicen'' Lee, 2016 are now considered species of ''Megatibicen'' Sanborn & Heath, 2016.

Species

These 10 species belong to the genus ''Megatibicen'': * '' Megatibicen auletes'' (Germar, 1834)^{c g b} (northern dusk-singing cicada) * '' Megatibicen cultriformis'' (Davis & W.T., 1915)^{c g b} (grand western flood-plain cicada) * '' Megatibicen dealbatus'' (Davis & W.T., 1915)^{c g b} (plains harvest-fly) * '' Megatibicen dorsatus'' (Say, 1825)^{c g b} (bush cicada) * '' Megatibicen figuratus'' (Walker & F., 1858)^{c g b} (fall southeastern dusk-singing cicada) * '' Megatibicen harenosus'' Cole, 2017^{c g b} * '' Megatibicen pronotalis'' (Davis & W.T., 1938)^{c g b} (Walker's cicada) * '' Megatibicen resh'' (Haldeman, 1852)^{c g b} * '' Megatibicen resonans'' (Walker & F., 1850)^{c g b} (southern resonant cicada) * '' Megatibicen tremulus'' (Cole, 2008)^{c g b} (western bush cicada) Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

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* Cryptotympanini Cicadidae genera {{Cicadidae-stub

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