{"id":14280,"date":"2016-04-13T17:04:03","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T00:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/?p=14280"},"modified":"2026-06-11T06:30:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T13:30:42","slug":"neotibicen-robinsonianus-davis-1922-aka-robinsons-annual-cicada-or-robinsons-cicada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/neotibicen-robinsonianus-davis-1922-aka-robinsons-annual-cicada-or-robinsons-cicada\/","title":{"rendered":"Neotibicen robinsonianus Davis, 1922 aka Robinson&#8217;s Annual Cicada or Robinson&#8217;s Cicada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Neotibicen robinsonianus Davis, 1922 aka Robinson&#8217;s Annual Cicada or Robinson&#8217;s Cicada<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/robinsons.jpg\" alt=\"Neotibicen robinsonianus Davis, 1922 aka Robinson\u2019s Annual Cicada or Robinson\u2019s Cicada\" width=\"300\" height=\"121\" \/><br \/>&copy; Kathy Hill. <\/p>\n<h2>Song type: <strong>Call<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-14280-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/07.US_.VA_.BOY_.T06.Tibicen_robinsonianus_filtered.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/07.US_.VA_.BOY_.T06.Tibicen_robinsonianus_filtered.mp3\">https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/07.US_.VA_.BOY_.T06.Tibicen_robinsonianus_filtered.mp3<\/a><\/audio><br \/>\nSource: <strong>&copy;<a href=\"http:\/\/insectsingers.com\/\">Insect Singers<\/a><\/strong> | Species: <strong>N. robinsonianus<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Name, Location and Description<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"speciesinfo\">\n<li><strong>Cicada Name:<\/strong> Neotibicen robinsonianus Davis, 1922<\/li>\n<li><strong>Short Name:<\/strong> N. robinsonianus<\/li>\n<li><strong>Common Name:<\/strong> Robinson&#8217;s Annual Cicada or Robinson&#8217;s Cicada<\/li>\n<li><strong>Synonym\/Former Name:<\/strong> Tibicen robinsonianus<\/li>\n<li><strong>Where it is found:<\/strong> June-October, peaks in August<\/li>\n<li><strong>Where it is found:<\/strong> AL, AR, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, MD, MS, MO, NC, OH, PA, TN, TX, VA, WI<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maps:<\/strong> <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><strong>Description:<\/strong> Robinson&#8217;s Cicada looks like Linne&#8217;s Cicada with less of a wing bend, and a different call. Its call is kind of like N. latifasciatus, but much more raspy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eye Color:<\/strong> black<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pronotal Collar Color:<\/strong> varies<\/li>\n<li><strong>Identification:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/163614\" >Bug Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Identification:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/188279\" >Bill Reynolds on iNaturalist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Identification:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/taxa\/469274-Neotibicen-robinsonianus\" >iNaturalist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Subject Matter Expert website:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu\/projects\/cicada\/sp_pages\/NA_species\/T_robinson.html\" >Cicada Central<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Taxonomic Information:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itis.gov\/servlet\/SingleRpt\/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&#038;search_value=846785\" >Integrated Taxonomic Information System<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Song:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insectsingers.com\/100th_meridian_cicadas\/index.html\" >Insect Singers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Classification:<\/h2>\n<p>Family: Cicadidae<br \/>\nSubfamily: Cicadinae<br \/>\nTribe: Cryptotympanini<br \/>\nSubtribe: Cryptotympanina<br \/>\nGenus: Neotibicen<br \/>\nSpecies: <em>Neotibicen robinsonianus<\/em> Davis, 1922<\/p>\n<h2>List of sources<\/h2>\n<ol>\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>Neotibicen robinsonianus Davis, 1922 aka Robinson&#8217;s Annual Cicada or Robinson&#8217;s Cicada &copy; Kathy Hill. Song type: Call Source: &copy;Insect Singers | Species: N. robinsonianus Name, Location and Description Cicada Name: Neotibicen robinsonianus Davis, 1922 Short Name: N. robinsonianus Common Name: Robinson&#8217;s Annual Cicada or Robinson&#8217;s Cicada Synonym\/Former Name: Tibicen robinsonianus Where it is found: June-October, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,300,445,174,187],"tags":[308],"class_list":["post-14280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sounds","category-neotibicen","category-cryptotympanini","category-united-states","category-william-t-davis-researchers","tag-n-robinsonianus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14280","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=14280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cicadamania.com\/cicadas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}