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Subfamily Cicadettinae
Cicadetta - Little Grassland Cicadas
calliope (Walker 1850) camerona Davis 1920 Texas Endemic kansa Davis 1919 texana Davis 1936 Texas Grassland Cicada Texas Endemic Magicicada - Periodical Cicadas
septendecim (Linnaeus 1758) 17-year Cicada Photos & SONGS
Subfamily Cicadinae
Beameria
venosa (Uhler 1888) Cacama
valvata (Uhler 1888) Cactus Dodger Photos variegata Davis 1919 New Species Texas Endemic Diceroprocta
aurantiaca Davis 1938 Orange Cicada averyi Davis 1941 Avery's Cicada Texas Endemic azteca (Kirkaldy 1881) Aztec Cicada bequaerti (Davis 1917) Bequaert's Cicada bibbyi Davis 1928a Bibby's Cicada Type Specimen Texas Endemic canescens Davis 1935 Texas Endemic cinctifera limpia Davis 1932 c. viridicosta Davis 1930 delicata (Osborn 1906) Delicate Cicada eugraphica (Davis 1916) Photos marevagans Davis 1928b texana (Davis 1916) Texas Cicada viridifascia (Walker 1850) Seaside Cicada vitripennis (Say 1830) Green-winged Cicada Photos & SONGS Neocicada
chisos Davis 1916 Southwest Spotted-wing Cicada hieroglyphica (Say 1830) Hieroglyphic Cicada SONG, SONG Quesada
gigas (Olivier 1790) Giant Cicada SONG Pacarina
puella Davis 1923 Little Mesquite Cicada Photos - SONG Tibicen
auriferus (Say 1825) Dog-Day Cicada bifidus (Davis 1916) chisosensis Davis 1934 Chisos Dog-day Cicada Texas Endemic chloromerus (Walker 1850) Swamp Cicada Photos & SONGS dealbatus (Davis 1915) Photos dorsatus (Say 1825) Giant Grassland Cicada duryi Davis 1917 Dury's Cicada Photos figuratus (Walker 1858) Fall Dog-day Cicada inauditus Davis 1917 lyricen (DeGeer 1773) Lyrical Cicada Photos & SONGS resh (Haldeman1852) superbus (Fitch 1855) Superb Green Cicada SONG texanus Metcalf 1963 Texas Dog-day Cicada SONG townsendii (Uhler 1905) Townsend's Cicada walkeri Metcalf 1955 Walker's Cicada
Subfamily Tibicininae
Okanagana
hesperia (Uhler 1876) Photos viridis Davis 1918 Okanagodes
terlingua Davis 1932 Terlingua Cicada Texas Endemic Platypedia
falcata Davis 1920
Type Specimens:
Photos:
Central Texas Cicada Photos and Info - Texas Entomology
Colorado Plateau Museum of Arthropod Biodiversity - Northern Arizona University
Song Sources:
Cicadas of Michigan - University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
Cicadas commonly heard in northern Florida - T. J. Walker
Cicada Central - University of Connecticut
David G. Huffman, Professor of Biology, Texas State University-San Marcos, Texas
Bibliography:
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Bromley, S.W. 1933. Cicadas in Texas. Psyche, 40: 130.
Davis, W.T. 1915. A new variety of cicada resembling C. dorsata. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 23: 161164.
Davis, W.T. 1916. Notes on cicadas from the United States with descriptions of several new species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 24: 4265.
Davis, W.T. 1917. Sonoran cicadas collected by Harry H. Knight, Dr. Joseph Bequaert and others, with descriptions of new species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 25: 203215.
Davis, W.T. 1918. Mississippi cicadas, with a key to the species of the southeastern United States. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 26: 141155.
Davis, W.T. 1919. Cicadas of the genus Cacama, with descriptions of several new species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 27: 6879.
Davis, W.T. 1920. North American cicadas belonging to the genera Platypedia and Melampsalta. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 28: 95135.
Davis, W.T. 1923. Notes on North American cicadas with descriptions of new species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 31: 115.
Davis, W.T. 1928a. The cicadas of Porto Rico with a description of a new genus and species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 36: 2935.
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Phillips, P.K. pers. comm., January 23, 2008. Dr. Phillips made numerous suggestions to this list.
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Sanborn, A., pers. comm., January 22, 2008. Dr. Sanborn made numerous suggestions to this list.
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