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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 » Dogday Cicadas (Neotibicen) » Swamp Cicada (Neotibicen tibicen) » Swamp Cicada (Neotibicen tibicen tibicen)
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TX Cicada with grooves behind head? - Neotibicen tibicen
Copyright © 2011 Colette Micallef

TX Cicada with grooves behind head? - Neotibicen tibicen
Liberty County, Texas, USA
June 17, 2011
Size: 35mm
Probably an odd Swamp cicada. They are quite common in our yard. this one unlike any other cicada I have seen has strong grooves behind the head.

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Contributed by Colette Micallef on 26 July, 2011 - 3:17pm
Last updated 2 January, 2013 - 2:52pm

Moved
Moved from Swamp Cicada.
… Bill Reynolds, 2 January, 2013 - 2:52pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bill Reynolds, 26 July, 2011 - 4:37pm login or register to post comments

Tibicen tibicen (chloromerus)
Nice western example!
Some of the coloration is skewed due to it being dead/preserved.
… Bill Reynolds, 26 July, 2011 - 4:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Do you know why this one is s
Do you know why this one is shaped this way?
… Colette Micallef, 26 July, 2011 - 7:20pm login or register to post comments

 
I think I see what you are talking about ;)
Sorry about the previous comment - I was looking at the head and pronotum!

If I'm not mistaken, the "grooves" to which you refer are actually in the mesonotum (roughly longitudinal)

I have seen this phenom. in several cicada specimens and I think this is an artifact of dehydration (perhaps the specimen was slightly teneral and still not very hard when it died) - temperature and humidity may also influence and can cause the body to warp
… Bill Reynolds, 27 July, 2011 - 12:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank You for the explanation
Thank You for the explanation. I have collected many Cicada species, photographed and seen many others. This was a first for me.
… Colette Micallef, 27 July, 2011 - 12:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Grooves behind head....
The ever present grooves of the pronotum (behind the head) can be a variable trait, however, at first glance, I do not see anything about this insect's head or pronotum that qualifies as unusual.
… Bill Reynolds, 27 July, 2011 - 9:53am login or register to post comments

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