Biology:Neotibicen bermudianus

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Short description: Species of true bug

Neotibicen bermudianus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Neotibicen
Species:
N. bermudianus
Binomial name
Neotibicen bermudianus
(Verrill, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Tibicen bermudianus Verrill, 1902

Neotibicen bermudianus, also colloquially known as the Bermuda cicada, is an extinct species of annual cicada that was endemic to the island of Bermuda.[1][2]

Taxonomy

Neotibicen lyricen, the lyric cicada, of the Eastern United States is the most closely related species of Neotibicen behaviorally, morphologically, and genetically to the Bermuda cicada.[3]

Extinction

Populations of this species were historically abundant on Bermuda, but they plummeted sharply in the middle twentieth century after the decline of their preferred host: the Bermuda cedar.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q22286365 entry