Species Tibicen dealbatus

Classification · Identification · See Also

Tibicen dorsata - Tibicen dealbatus - female

Tibicen dealbatus (MALE) - Tibicen dealbatus - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (Free-living Hemipterans)

Superfamily Cicadoidea

Family Cicadidae (Cicadas)

Subfamily Cicadinae

Genus Tibicen

Species dealbatus (Tibicen dealbatus)

Identification

T. pronotalis vs. T. dealbatus from Comment on this image by Bill Reynolds

Distinquishing traits of T. dealbatus are as follows:

1) Greater pruinosity (white powdered wax) usually arranged in "dotted stripes" along the sides of the abdomen and dorsal abdominal midline.

2) Greater amounts of pruinosity on the thorax (mesonotum)

3) T. dealbatus is usually a bit more compact and has a narrower head by comparison

4) Regarding color, when T. dealbatus is green, it is typically a duller "pea green" - when tan, it is typically more of a sandy-brownish tan as opposed to a yellowish-green/tan seen in pronotalis.

See Also

T. pronotalis

Contributed by J.D. Roberts on 13 September, 2007 - 12:45pm
Additional contributions by Ron M.
Last updated 3 September, 2009 - 5:01pm

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