Biology:Megatibicen auletes

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Short description: Species of true bug

Megatibicen auletes
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Megatibicen
Species:
M. auletes
Binomial name
Megatibicen auletes
(Germar, 1834)

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]

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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