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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Cicadas (Cicadoidea) » Cicadas (Cicadidae) » Cicadettinae » Lamotialnini » Periodical Cicadas (Magicicada) » The Little 13-year Cicada (Magicicada tredecula)

Species Magicicada tredecula - The Little 13-year Cicada

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References
Brood XIX Periodical Cicada 2011 - Magicicada tredecula - female Brood XIX Periodical Cicada 2011 - Magicicada tredecula - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (True Hoppers)
Infraorder Cicadomorpha (Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers)
Superfamily Cicadoidea (Cicadas)
Family Cicadidae (Cicadas)
Subfamily Cicadettinae
Tribe Lamotialnini
Genus Magicicada (Periodical Cicadas)
Species tredecula (The Little 13-year Cicada)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Magicicada tredecula Alexander and Moore, 1962
Size
19-27 mm (Alexander and Moore, 1962)
Identification
Intermediate in markings between Magicicada tredecim and Magicicada tredecassini.
Underside of abdomen is striped
Averages smaller than other members of genus

Song distinctive--a series of accelerated pulses (magicicada.org). This can, perhaps, be confused with courtship calls of the other species.
Range
Southeastern United States
Life Cycle
13-year species
See Also
Magicicada septendecula--its 17-year cycling sibling species
Print References
Alexander, R. D., and T. E. Moore. 1962. The evolutionary relationships of 17-year and 13-year cicadas, and three new species (Homoptera, Cicadidae, Magicicada). Univ. of Mich. Mus. Zool. Misc. Pub. 121: 1-59 (PDF).
Internet References
magicicada.org--Magicicada tredecula
Contributed by Cotinis on 21 May, 2011 - 11:56pm
Additional contributions by zdanko
Last updated 3 June, 2021 - 1:35am

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