Common cicadas of Colorado (CO):
Beameria venosa (Uhler, 1888)
Cicadettana calliope calliope (Walker, 1850) aka Southern Grass Cicada
Cicadettana kansa (Davis, 1919)
Diceroprocta eugraphica (Davis, 1916) aka Scrub Cicada
Hadoa bifida (Davis, 1916)
Hadoa duryi Davis, 1917
Hadoa inaudita Davis, 1917
Megatibicen dorsatus (Say, 1825) aka Bush Cicada or Grand Western or Giant Grassland Cicada
Megatibicen tremulus Cole, 2008 aka Bush Cicada
Neoplatypedia constricta Davis, 1920
Neotibicen pruinosus pruinosus (Say, 1825) aka Scissor(s) Grinder
Okanagana annulata Davis, 1935
Okanagana ferrugomaculata Davis, 1936
Okanagana fratercula Davis, 1915
Okanagana fumipennis Davis, 1932
Okanagana gibbera Davis, 1927
Okanagana hesperia (Uhler, 1872)
Okanagana luteobasalis Davis, 1935
Okanagana magnifica Davis, 1919
Okanagana occidentalis (Walker in Lord, 1866)
Okanagana schaefferi Davis, 1915
Okanagana striatipes (Haldeman, 1852)
Okanagana synodica synodica (Say, 1825) aka Walking Cicada
Okanagana tanneri Davis, 1930
Okanagana utahensis Davis, 1919
Pacarina shoemakeri Sanborn and M. Heath in Sanborn, M. Heath, Phillips and J. Heath, 2012
Platypedia bernardinoensis Davis, 1932
Platypedia mohavensis mohavensis Davis, 1920
Platypedia mohavensis rufescens Davis, 1932
Platypedia putnami lutea Davis, 1920 aka Putnam’s Cicada
Platypedia putnami putnami (Uhler, 1877) aka Putnam’s Cicada
Name and Location References:
- Full Binomial Names: ITIS.gov
- Common names & locations: BugGuide.net; iNaturalist.com; The Songs of Insects by Lang Elliott and Wil Herschberger; my personal memory.
- Locations: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico by Allen F. Sanborn and Polly K. Phillips.
- List of species with MAPs: Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico [PDF] by Allen F. Sanborn and Polly K. Phillips. Download it once; treasure it forever.
