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Species Tibicen davisi - Southern Dog Day Cicada

Southern Dog Day Cicada - Tibicen davisi - male

Variation in Tibicen davisi - Tibicen davisi

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 davisi (Southern Dog Day Cicada)

Other Common Names

Davis’ Cicada

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Mistaken for Tibicen canicularis by several authors. First described as a new species in 1907 by John B. Smith and John A. Grossbeck as Cicada davisi

Explanation of Names

Named after Wiliam Thompson Davis, co-author of an article on cicadas a year before, that prompted Smith and Grossbeck's study and the article based on it.

Size

body length circa 27 mm

Identification

See comments under photos in guide. Song described as "a short brassy buzz-saw like sound lasting about 10 seconds" (Cicadas.info), and is said to be given in the morning to early afternoon, never in evening.

Range

Includses southeastern United States

Season

Late summer to fall. August-October (North Carolina). August-December (northern Florida).

Print References

Brimley, p. 86 (1)

Internet References

Checklist of Cicadas North of Mexico

Will Hershberger--photos

Cicadas of Northern Florida--song, phenology

Cicadas.info

Cicadas of Florida

Entomological News, v.18, p.127 Smith & Grossbeck's original description of the species

Works Cited

1.	Insects of North Carolina By C.S. Brimley

Contributed by Cotinis on 3 September, 2005 - 8:16pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz
Last updated 29 September, 2009 - 12:53am

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