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Megatibicen dorsatus

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Megatibicen dorsatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Megatibicen
Species:
M. dorsatus
Binomial name
Megatibicen dorsatus
(Say, 1825)

Megatibicen dorsatus, known generally as the bush cicada or giant grassland cicada, is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae.[1][2][3]

Bush cicada, Megatibicen dorsatus
Bush cicada, Megatibicen dorsatus

Notes

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M. dorsatus is endemic to the tallgrass prairies of the central United States.[4] Adult males are host to the acoustically hunting sarcophagid parasitoid, Emblemasoma erro.[5]

References

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  1. "Megatibicen dorsatus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  2. "Megatibicen dorsatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  3. "Megatibicen dorsatus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  4. Sanborn, A.F.; Phillips, P.K. (2013). "Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico" (PDF). Diversity. 5 (2): 166–239. doi:10.3390/d5020166.
  5. Stucky, B.J. (2015). "Infection behavior, life history, and host parasitism rates of Emblemasoma erro (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), an acoustically hunting parasitoid of the cicada Tibicen dorsatus (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)". Zoological Studies. 54: e30. doi:10.1186/s40555-015-0105-z. PMC 6661446. PMID 31966117.

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