Species Tibicen linnei - Linne's cicada

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Internet References

Tibicen linnei or pruinosus? - Tibicen linnei

Nymph of a Tibicen Cicada-facing- - Tibicen linnei

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 linnei (Linne's cicada)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Mistakenly referred to by several authors as Carolus Linnaeus' Cicada tibicen. First described as a new species in 1907 by John B. Smith and John A. Grossbeck, as Cicada linnei

Explanation of Names

Named after Carolus Linnaeus- Linné is the Swedish version of his name. Several authors had mistaken this species for one described by Linnaeus until Smith and Grossbeck set the record straight. It thus, ironically, became known as Linné's Cicada because it was shown not to be his cicada at all, but a new species.

Internet References

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

Contributed by Stephen Cresswell on 19 September, 2005 - 4:32am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz
Last updated 29 September, 2009 - 1:05am

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