{"id":13964,"date":"2020-04-04T07:53:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T14:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/?p=13964"},"modified":"2024-08-01T19:15:12","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T02:15:12","slug":"megatibicen-auletes-germar-1834-aka-northern-dusk-singing-cicada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/megatibicen-auletes-germar-1834-aka-northern-dusk-singing-cicada\/","title":{"rendered":"Megatibicen grossus aka Northern Dusk Singing Cicada formerly Megatibicen auletes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Megatibicen grossus (Fabricius, 1775) aka Northern Dusk Singing Cicada. It&#8217;s the biggest cicada in North America!<\/p>\n<p><strong>FYI, the name of this cicada is changing to Megatibicen grossus (Fabricius, 1775).<\/strong> See: Sanborn, A.F. (2023) Resolving taxonomic issues of cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) including new combinations, new synonymies, and revised status, with updates on the diversity of the Brazilian cicada fauna and new records for four South American countries. Zootaxa, VOL. 5318 NO. 3: 20 JUL. 2023, 339-362. DOI: 10.11646\/ZOOTAXA.5318.3.2<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Tibicen-auletes-female-Manchester-NJ.jpg\" alt=\"Dorsal view. Neotibicen auletes female Manchester NJ\" width=\"800\" height=\"611\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Tibicen-auletes-female-Manchester-NJ.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Tibicen-auletes-female-Manchester-NJ-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Tibicen-auletes-female-Manchester-NJ-768x587.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See all <a href=\"\">Megatibicen auletes photos and information<\/a> on cicadamania.com (there is a lot)!<\/p>\n<h2>Song type: <strong>Call<\/strong><\/h2>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13964-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/05.US_.MS_.RPR_.T07.Megatibicen_auletes_filtered.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/05.US_.MS_.RPR_.T07.Megatibicen_auletes_filtered.mp3\">https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/05.US_.MS_.RPR_.T07.Megatibicen_auletes_filtered.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Source: <strong>&copy;<a href=\"http:\/\/insectsingers.com\/\">Insect Singers<\/a><\/strong> | Species: <strong>M. auletes<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Video<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TkF9i6eBKBI?feature=player_detailpage\"  allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Video Playlist<\/h2>\n<p>Playlists contain multiple videos found on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLMeYvbKcL_bI8sxX1MSyE7aeyIFu4hDx1\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Name, Location and Description<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"speciesinfo\">\n<li><b>Cicada Name:<\/b> Megatibicen auletes (Germar, 1834)<\/li>\n<li><b>Short Name:<\/b> M. grossus<\/li>\n<li><b>Common Name:<\/b> Northern Dusk Singing Cicada<\/li>\n<li><b>Synonym\/Former Name:<\/b> Tibicen auletes, Megatibicen auletes<\/li>\n<li><strong>When:<\/strong> July-September. Peaks in August.<\/li>\n<li><b>Where it is found:<\/b> AL, AR, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MA, MI, MS, MO, NE, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV, WI<\/li>\n<li><b>Maps:<\/b> <a href=\"\/downloads\/diversity-05-00166.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico<\/a> [PDF]<\/li>\n<li><b>Description:<\/b> The largest North American cicada. Olive green to rusty brown with black, tan and white coloring. Heavy white pruinosis. M on mesonotum typically partially ocluded by pruinosis. Sings at dusk.<\/li>\n<li><b>Eye Color:<\/b> gray \/ beige<\/li>\n<li><b>Pronotal Collar Color:<\/b> olive or rusty brown<\/li>\n<li><b>Identification:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/6968\">Bug Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>Identification:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/taxa\/740121-Megatibicen-auletes\">iNaturalist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>Identification:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/188592\">Bill Reynolds on iNaturalist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>Subject Matter Expert website:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu\/projects\/cicada\/sp_pages\/NA_species\/T_auletes.html\">Cicada Central<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>Image:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insectimages.org\/browse\/subthumb.cfm?sub=22355&#038;Fam=117\">Insect Images<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>Taxonomic Information:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itis.gov\/servlet\/SingleRpt\/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&#038;search_value=846778\">Integrated Taxonomic Information System<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>Song:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insectsingers.com\/100th_meridian_cicadas\/index.html\">Insect Singers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Song and morphological descriptions by Wm. T. Davis from MISSISSIPPI CICADAS, WITH A KEY TO THE SPECIES OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES<sup>1<\/sup><\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>\nIts song is monotonous in tone and not loud, considering the size<br \/>\nof the insect. It often commences to sing late in the afternoon and continues off and on until dark.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\nA. Large, heavy bodied species ; head broad, uncus simple, and first cross vein in the fore wings starting from radius 3 far back, or about one third distant from base of first marginal cell.<\/p>\n<p>BB. Uncus broad at the base, triangular in shape and generally about as broad as long. Opercula broad and rounded at the extremities; no definite black area on the central part of the abdomen beneath, usually unicolorus.<\/p>\n<p>EE. Wings broad, hind margin of the pronotum or collar green or greenish and more than 2 mm. broad.<\/p>\n<p>F. Anal cells or membranes at base of fore and hind wings gray. Dorsal segments of the abdomen not margined with brown ; in fresh specimens the basal segments pruinose, also the terminal segments, leaving the four middle segments black. A large species expanding over 110 mm.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>A comparison of teneral (soft) and sclerotized (hard) M. auletes<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Teneral-Auletes.jpg\" alt=\"Teneral Auletes\" width=\"372\" height=\"395\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Teneral-Auletes.jpg 372w, https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Teneral-Auletes-283x300.jpg 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/it-is-possible-to-identify-tibicen-just-after-they-have-molted\/\">Photo by Paul Krombholz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Classification:<\/h2>\n<p>Family: Cicadidae<br \/>\nSubfamily: Cicadinae<br \/>\nTribe: Cryptotympanini<br \/>\nSubtribe: Cryptotympanina<br \/>\nGenus: Megatibicen<br \/>\nSpecies: Megatibicen auletes (Germar, 1834)\t<\/p>\n<h2>List of sources<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Davis, W.T. 1919. MISSISSIPPI CICADAS, WITH A KEY TO THE SPECIES OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. XXVI, Nos. 3-4. <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/biostor-119035\/page\/n14\/mode\/2up\">Read on archive.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Full Binomial Names: ITIS.gov<\/li>\n<li>Common names: BugGuide.net; <em>The Songs of Insects<\/em> by Lang Elliott and Wil Herschberger; personal memory.<\/li>\n<li>Locations: <em>Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico<\/em> by Allen F. Sanborn and Polly K. Phillips.<\/li>\n<li>Descriptions, Colors: personal observations from specimens or photos from many sources. Descriptions are not perfect, but may be helpful.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Notes:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Some descriptions are based on aged specimens which have lost some or a lot of their color.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Megatibicen grossus (Fabricius, 1775) aka Northern Dusk Singing Cicada. It&#8217;s the biggest cicada in North America! FYI, the name of this cicada is changing to Megatibicen grossus (Fabricius, 1775). See: Sanborn, A.F. (2023) Resolving taxonomic issues of cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) including new combinations, new synonymies, and revised status, with updates on the diversity of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,316,445,174],"tags":[342,1043],"class_list":["post-13964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sounds","category-megatibicen","category-cryptotympanini","category-united-states","tag-m-auletes","tag-m-grossus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13964\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}