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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 » Fidicinini » Scrub Cicadas (Diceroprocta)

Genus Diceroprocta - Scrub Cicadas

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Season · Internet References

cicada with two white rings - Diceroprocta cinctifera

Cicada ovipositing TX mini-gathering - Diceroprocta delicata - female

Diceroprocta apache-cinctifera-semicincta? - Diceroprocta apache-cinctifera-semicincta

Female, Diceroprocta? - Diceroprocta - 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 Cicadinae

Tribe Fidicinini

Genus Diceroprocta (Scrub Cicadas)

Numbers

Diceroprocta apache

Diceroprocta azteca

Diceroprocta arizona

Diceroprocta aurantiaca

Diceroprocta averyi

Diceroprocta bequaerti

Diceroprocta biconica, The Key's Cicada

Diceroprocta cinctifera

Diceroprocta delicata

Diceroprocta eugraphica

Diceroprocta knighti

Diceroprocta marevagans

Diceroprocta olympusa, Florida Olympic Scrub Cicada

Diceroprocta semicincta

Diceroprocta swalei

Diceroprocta texana

Diceroprocta viridifascia, Salt Marsh Cicada

Diceroprocta vitripennis, Green Winged Cicada

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Diceroprocta apache Davis 1921

Diceroprocta apache ochroleuca Davis 1942

Diceroprocta arizona (Davis 1916)

Diceroprocta castanea (Davis 1916)

Diceroprocta aurantiaca Davis 1938 [syn. Diceroprocta delicata aurantiaca]

Diceroprocta averyi Davis 1941

Diceroprocta azteca (Kirkaldy 1881)

Diceroprocta bequaerti (Davis 1917)

Diceroprocta biconica (Walker 1850)

Diceroprocta bibbyi Davis 1928

Diceroprocta canescens Davis 1935

Diceroprocta castanea (Davis 1916) [syn. D. swalei davisi]

Diceroprocta cinctifera cinctifera (Uhler 1892)

Diceroprocta cinctifera limpia Davis 1932

Diceroprocta cinctifera viridicosta Davis 1930

Diceroprocta delicata aurantiaca Davis 1938

Diceroprocta delicata delicata (Osborn 1906)

Diceroprocta eugraphica (Davis 1916)

Diceroprocta knighti Davis (1917)

Diceroprocta marevagans Davis 1928

Diceroprocta olympusa (Walker 1850)

Diceroprocta semicincta nigricans Davis 1942

Diceroprocta semicincta semicincta (Davis 1925)

Diceroprocta swalei davisi Metcalf 1963 [D. castanea]

Diceroprocta swalei swalei (Distant 1904)

Diceroprocta texana lata Davis 1941

Diceroprocta texana texana (Davis 1916)

Diceroprocta viridifascia (Walker 1850)

Diceroprocta vitripennis (Say 1830), green-winged cicada

Identification

NOTE: Some IMAGES placed under this taxon may be MISIDENTIFIED at the species level and are in a constant state of review!

Based on morphological characteristics, call similarities, and distribution patterns, several species are subject to confusion and erroneous id (We/I make mistakes!).

This is a dynamic "living-breathing" site and though we (I) make mistakes, we strive to share the most comprehensive and accurate information possible.

Comments, corrections and updates are always welcome.

For details on Diceroprocta species, please refer to the following:

Journal of the N.Y. Entomol. Soc. XXXVI, Dec. 1928

Season

VARIABLE: Usually considered to be "Summer"

Occurrence dates range from May-October

Most members of this genus appear to be annual species with multiple overlapping generations.

Internet References

Insect Singers, Sound files for North American Diceroprocta species can be found here - best site for sound files!

Insect Singers, Sound files for the eastern species

Insect Singers, Sound files for the western species

Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 1 August, 2005 - 8:13am
Additional contributions by David Ferguson, Bill Reynolds
Last updated 1 August, 2013 - 3:00pm

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