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"Eastern Scissor Grinder" - Neotibicen winnemanna -

Quittie Creek Nature Park - South Annville, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 16, 2011
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Contributed by Matthew Zito on 18 August, 2011 - 2:01pm
Last updated 19 August, 2011 - 11:15am

Tibicen winnemana (= T. pruinosus winnemana in older lit)

This is the "Eastern Scissor Grinder"
There is some debate as to whether these are a distinct taxon, subspecies or merely part of a complex geographic cline.
(I suspect these are likely part of the pruinosus cline)

Distinct characters for winnemana often include: Strongly bowed costae (bowed wings as in linnei), brown dorsal markings along the abdomen, slate blue-gray eyes, and absence of a black ventral abdominal stripe or markings.

… Bill Reynolds, 19 August, 2011 - 11:14am

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Thanks.

Thanks.

… Matthew Zito, 19 August, 2011 - 7:41pm

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Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Bill Reynolds, 19 August, 2011 - 11:12am

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Tibicen pruinosus (?)

As both T. pruinosus and T. canicularis show up in PA on a cicada map (here), it could be either one. T. canicularis seems to be more prevalent in PA; however, you say that it is "large" so, I am going with Tibicen pruinosus. On the other hand, "large" is open to personal interpretation and the databases for PA do favor T. canicularis... A measurement of its total length and a ventral view would put the matter to rest.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/6967

… Bill Myers, 18 August, 2011 - 6:38pm

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This was roughly the same siz

This was roughly the same size as the Swamp Cicadas (Tibicen tibicen) I've been seeing lately.

… Matthew Zito, 18 August, 2011 - 8:39pm

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