Tibicen tibicen tibicen (Linné), Linne

Sanborn, Allen F., Phillips, Polly K. & Gilllis, Philip, 2008, The Cicadas of Florida (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae), Zootaxa 1916, pp. 1-43 : 12

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scientific name

Tibicen tibicen tibicen (Linné)
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Tibicen tibicen tibicen (Linné) View in CoL (Figs. 73, 130–138)

Cicada tibicen Linné, 1758 . Type locality: unknown. The collection locality of the lectotype was unknown to Linné ( Sanborn 2008). Lectotype male is in the Zoological Museum of Uppsala University ( Sanborn 2008).

Thopha chloromera Walker 1850: 43 View in CoL .

Cicada tibicen [nec Linné], Howard 1901: Plate XXVII, Figure 20.

Cicada sayi = nom. nov. pro Cicada pruinosa Say (in part), Smith & Grossbeck 1907: 121.

This species is commonly known as Tibicen chloromerus ( Walker) . Sanborn (2008) identified a syntype of Cicada tibicen (Linné) which turned out to be the same species that Walker described. Tibicen chloromerus and T. sayi become junior synonyms of T. tibicen since Linné’s species has priority over the species of Walker and Smith & Grossbeck.

Adults first emerge in late April and can be heard singing until late October or early November. The most common collection dates are in July and August. The song lasts less than 20 sec and is described as exhibiting a vibrato due to amplitude modulations of the call produced at a rate of 10–14 sec -1 with a major energy between 2 and 8 kHz ( Moore 1966; Alexander et al. 1972; Sanborn 1990; Daniel et al. 1993). The song is similar to that of T. linnei but is longer and the vibrato is produced at a slower rate in T. linnei ( Moore 1966; AFS personal observation). It has been described as starting slowly, rising to a rapid “zing” and then subsiding ( Davis 1918; 1922; 1926). A sonagram of the call can be found in Alexander (1956; 1960), Sanborn (1990) and Elliott and Hershberger (2006). Calling behavior is heaviest in the morning and continues throughout the day as long as they are able to maintain a minimum body temperature to call (Sanborn 2000). The species is associated with bushes and tall weeds in swampy areas but may also call from trees ( Froeschner 1952; Moore 1966; Alexander et al. 1972; AFS personal observation). Davis (1922; 1926) found the species ovipositing in golden rods ( Solidago spp.), sumach ( Rhus spp.), and asters ( Aster spp.). The females have been reported to prefer to oviposit in dead twigs ( Davis 1926; Beamer 1928).

Tibicen tibicen tibicen has been collected in 13 Florida counties: Alachua, Bay, Duval, Escambia, Jackson, Jefferson, Levy, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, St. Lucie, and Seminole. It has been collected in the Southeastern Plains and Southern Coastal Plains ecoregions. Its absence from the Everglades is surprising considering its association with swampy habitats. The distributions of T. tibicen tibicen and T. tibicen australis (Fig. 73) overlap significantly. This suggests the validity of the subspecies needs further investigation.

Walker, T. J. (2008) Species of cicadas commonly heard in North Florida. In: T. J. Walker and T. E. Moore, Singing Insects of North America. Available from http: // buzz. ifas. ufl. edu / c 700 fl 1. htm (accessed 22 January 2008). Wild, P. (1852) (Sur les moeurs de la Cicada septendecim). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, (2) 10, xviii - xix.

Alexander, R. D. (1956) A comparative study of sound production in insects, with special reference to the singing Orthoptera and Cicadidae of the eastern United States. Ph. D. dissertation, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 529 pp.

Alexander, R. D. (1960) Sound communication in Orthoptera and Cicadidae. In: Lanyon, W. E., & Tavolga, W. N. (Eds), Animal Sounds and Communication. American Institute of Biological Sciences Symposium Series Publication, 7, 38 - 92.

Alexander, R. D., Pace, A. E., & Otte, D. (1972) The singing insects of Michigan. Great Lakes Entonologist, 5, 33 - 69.

Beamer, R. L. (1928) Studies on the biology of Kansas Cicadidae. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 18, 155 - 263.

Daniel H. J., Knight, C., & Charles, T. M. (1993) Predicting species by call in three species of North Carolina cicadas. The Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, 109, 67 - 76.

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, 141 - 155.

Davis, W. T. (1922) An annotated list of the cicadas of Virginia with description of a new species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 30, 36 - 52.

Davis, W. T. (1926) The cicadas or harvest flies of New Jersey. State of New Jersey Department of Agriculture Circular, 97, 3 - 26.

Elliott, L., & Hershberger, W. (2006) The songs of insects. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 228 pp.

Froeschner, R. C. (1952) A synopsis of the Cicadidae of Missouri (Homoptera). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 60, 1 - 13.

Howard, L. O. (1901) Suborder Homoptera. The insect book. A popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. Doubleday, Page & Co., New York, 429 pp.

Linne, C. (1758) Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Edito duodecima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, Sweden, 824 pp.

Moore, T. E. (1966) The cicadas of Michigan (Homoptera: Cicadidae). Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, 51, 75 - 95.

Sanborn, A. F. (1990) Endothermy in cicadas (Homoptera: Cicadidae). Ph. D. dissertation, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 149 pp.

Sanborn, A. F. (2008) The identity of Cicada tibicen Linne, (= Tibicen chloromerus (Walker, 1850 )) (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae). Entomological News, 119, 227 - 231.

Smith, J. B., & Grossbeck, J. A. (1907) Studies in certain cicada species. Entomological News, 18, 116 - 129.

Walker, F. (1850) List of the Specimens of Homopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, British Museum Trustees, London, 1, 1 - 260.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

SuperFamily

Cicadoidea

Family

Cicadidae

SubFamily

Cicadinae

Tribe

Cryptotympanini

Genus

Tibicen