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December 18, 2018

Tibicen oleacea (Distant, 1891)

Filed under: Cryptotympanini | North America (Continent) | Rhynchota | Tibicen | W. L. Distant — Tags: — Dan @ 1:01 am

Tibicen oleacea (Distant, 1891) is a cicada found in Mexico.

Tibicen oleacea was formerly known as Cicada oleacea and Fidicina oleacea.

Scientific classification:
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadinae
Tribe: Cryptotympanini
SubTribe: Cryptotympanina
Genus: Tibicen
Species: Tibicen oleacea (Distant, 1891)

References:

  1. The illustration comes from Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Rhynchota. Hemiptera-Homoptera. Vol. 1. By W. L. Distant F.E.S. and The Rev. Canon W. W. Fowler, F.L.S. (1881-1905). Read it on the Biodiversity Heritage Library website.
  2. Species name verification comes from Allen Sanborn’s Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha).

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