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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 texana

Species Hadoa texana

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Tibicen with long high pitched song - Hadoa texana Tibicen texanus group - Hadoa texana Unknown Cicada - Hadoa texana Texan Cicada - Hadoa texana Tibicen texanus Metcalf - Hadoa texana Diceroprocta texana - Hadoa texana Western Annual Cicada - Hadoa texana Western Annual Cicada - Hadoa texana
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 texana (Hadoa texana)
Other Common Names
Texas Dog-day Cicada
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hadoa texana (Metcalf, 1963)
Orig. Comb: Tibicen texanus Metcalf, 1963
Syn. Tibicen tigrina Davis, 1927
Size
26-28 mm (Davis, 1927)
Range
Edwards Plateau TX to OK - Map (1)
Habitat
Scrub & arid habitats
Season
June-Sept (Davis 1927)
Food
Juniperus (?)
Life Cycle
No specific info found
Similar to that of other cicadas
Remarks
Song is a continuous, even, high pitched whine and often compared to that of T. canicularis or T. davisi.

Similar song in the following species:
Tibicen longioperculus Davis 1926
Tibicen inauditus Davis 1917
Tibicen texanus (syn. tigrina Davis 1927)
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.
Print References
Davis, W.T. 1927. New cicadas from the western United States with notes on several other species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 35: 373–389. (Full PDF)
Metcalf, Z.P. 1963. General catalogue of the Homoptera, Fascicle VIII. Cicadoidea. Part 1. Cicadidae. Section I. Tibiceninae. North Carolina State College Contribution, 1502: 1-585.
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
Works Cited
1.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 22 January, 2008 - 10:31am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Bill Reynolds
Last updated 1 September, 2022 - 2:30pm

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