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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) » Cassin's 13-year Cicada (Magicicada tredecassini)

Species Magicicada tredecassini - Cassin's 13-year Cicada

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References
Brood XIX Periodical Cicada 2011 - Magicicada tredecassini - male Magicicada tredecassini - male Periodical Cicada - Magicicada tredecassini Magicicada tredecassini - male Magicicada tredecassini - male Magicicada tredecassini - Magicicada tredecassini - female Magicicada tredecassini - Magicicada tredecassini Magicicada tredecassini - Magicicada tredecassini
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 tredecassini (Cassin's 13-year Cicada)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Magicicada tredecassini Alexander and Moore, 1962
Explanation of Names
Species name tredecassini is from the name of its 17-year equivalent, Magicicada cassini--Latin tredecim thirteen + cassini. That species named for zoologist John Cassin.
Size
Body length circa 20-28 mm; intermediate in size for member of this genus (Alexander and Moore, 1962)
Identification
Some characters (Magicicada.org):
Usually smaller than Magicicada tredecim, another 13-year species
Abdomen typically completely black
No orange coloration in front of wing insertion/behind eye

  

Link to video/audio showing the distinctive buzzy sound of this species in chorus:
  
Range
Southeastern and south-central United States
Life Cycle
A 13-year species. Groups of males of this species, and of its relative Magicicada cassini, may synchronize calls and flights, giving an effect called a "giant game of musical chairs" (Michigan Cicadas).
See Also
Magicicada cassini--its 17-year sibling species
Magicicada tredecim, Magicicada neotredecim--other 13-year species with different markings
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 tredecassini - Magicicada.org
Video/audio of chorus from 2011 Brood XIX emergence--Durham, NC
Contributed by Cotinis on 1 May, 2011 - 4:03pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, zdanko
Last updated 3 June, 2021 - 1:34am

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