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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) » The Little 17-year Cicada (Magicicada septendecula)

Species Magicicada septendecula - The Little 17-year Cicada

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · See Also · Print References · Internet References
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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 septendecula (The Little 17-year Cicada)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Magicicada septendecula Alexander and Moore, 1962
Size
19-27 mm (Alexander and Moore, 1962)
Identification
Smaller than septendecim
Orange bands on sternites, but don't extend past the spiracles up the sides of the abdomen
Fully black pleura
See Also
Magicicada tredecula--its 13-year sibling species
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 (link to PDF, updated 5/7/24).
Internet References
magicicada.org--Magicicada septendecula
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 16 June, 2006 - 1:29pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov, zdanko
Last updated 7 May, 2024 - 12:39pm

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