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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 » Megatibicen » Plains Cicada (Megatibicen dealbatus)
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Cicada - Megatibicen dealbatus
Copyright © 2007 Ann Cooper

Cicada - Megatibicen dealbatus
Clark State Fishing Lake, Kansas, USA
August 22, 2007
Size: 1.75 inches
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Contributed by Ann Cooper on 28 August, 2007 - 4:09pm
Last updated 13 September, 2007 - 12:45pm

Tibicen dealbatus
The size given is somewhat smaller than this species (which should be at least 2" long) but the coloration looks right. The white markings on the abdomen resemble those of T. dorsatus, but are more blurry.

For more information on this species, please contact me at: hamiltona AT agr.gc.ca
… Andy Hamilton, 29 August, 2007 - 10:07am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks. I believe I underesti
Thanks. I believe I underestimated the size when I posted my query, (not having a specimen or a measurement taken at the time of photography)
… Ann Cooper, 29 August, 2007 - 10:57am login or register to post comments

 
copyright?
May I add this image to my collection of 1000+ Homoptera-Auchenorrhyncha for inclusion in my forthcoming web site on northern cicadas? With appropriate acknowledgments, of course. If so, please send me a note of acceptance. -You will find my credentials on http://www.canacoll.org/Hemip/Staff/Hamilton/Hamilton.htm
… Andy Hamilton, 4 September, 2007 - 3:45pm login or register to post comments

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