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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) » Cicadinae » Tacuini » Hadoa » Hadoa townsendii

Species Hadoa townsendii

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · See Also · Internet References
cicada - Hadoa townsendii Cicada on Yucca Stalk - Hadoa townsendii Cicada, male dorsal - Hadoa townsendii - male Cicada, male ventral - Hadoa townsendii - male Cicada, female dorsal - Hadoa townsendii - female Cicada, female ventral - Hadoa townsendii - female Cicada - Hadoa townsendii Cicada - Hadoa townsendii
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 Cicadinae
Tribe Tacuini
Genus Hadoa
Species townsendii (Hadoa townsendii)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
townsendi (with one i on the end) is incorrect. Allen Sanborn (Barry University, Florida), pers. comm., 2008.
Range
This colorful species is common in the Big Bend part of Texas.… Andy Hamilton, 17 August, 2007

w. Texas and much of New Mexico
Often confused with and seen in conjunction with bifidus/simplex.
See Also
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"SMALL Tibicen Species"
Several of these smaller and "mostly western" species appear quite divergent from the eastern members and may deserve separate Generic status. (Additional work is much needed to better understand the species' relationships within this Genus.)

Tibicen bifidus (Davis 1916)
Tibicen simplex (syn. T. bifidus simplex Davis 1941)
Tibicen townsendi (Uhler 1905)
Tibicen chiricahua Davis 1923

Tibicen duryi Davis 1917
Tibicen chisosensis Davis 1934

Tibicen longioperculus Davis 1926
Tibicen inauditus Davis 1917
Tibicen texanus (syn. tigrina Davis 1927)

Tibicen parallelus Davis 1923
Tibicen montezuma (Distant 1881)

NOTE: As mentioned, the above arrangement is "hypothetical" and much of it is based on older classification schemes (+ per. observ. and per. comm.). Additional genetic analysis and detailed morphological studies may reveal different taxonomic relationships.
Internet References
Insect Singers, Sound files for North American Cicada species can be found here - best site for sound files!
Insect Singers, Sound files for the eastern Tibicen species
Insect Singers, Sound files for the western Tibicen species
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 23 August, 2007 - 5:17pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, Bill Reynolds
Last updated 12 July, 2015 - 11:51am

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