Megatibicen auletes
Megatibicen auletes commonly, but informally called the northern dusk-singing cicada, giant oak cicada, or southern oak cicada, is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae. It is found in the eastern United States and portions of southeastern Canada.[1]
| Megatibicen auletes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Genus: | Megatibicen |
| Species: | M. auletes |
| Binomial name | |
| Megatibicen auletes (Germar, 1834) | |
Notes
M. auletes is the largest cicada species in North America north of Mexico. It is associated with Quercus.[2]
References
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