Magicicada tredecassini

Magicicada tredecassini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Magicicada
Species: M. tredecassini
Binomial name
Magicicada tredecassini
(Alexander & Moore, 1962)

Magicicada tredecassini is a species of periodical cicada endemic to the United States. It has a 13-year lifecycle but is otherwise indistinguishable from the 17-year periodical cicada Magicicada cassini. The two species are usually discussed together as "cassini periodical cicadas" or "cassini-type periodical cicadas." Unlike other periodical cicadas, cassini-type males may synchronize their courting behavior so that tens of thousands of males sing and fly in unison.[1][2]

References

  1. "Periodical Cicada Page". University of Michigan. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  2. Capinera, John L. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. p. 2792. ISBN 1-4020-6242-7.

*Alexander, Richard D; Moore, Thomas Edwin (1962), The Evolutionary Relationships of 17-year and 13-year Cicadas, and Three New Species (Homoptera, Cicadidae, Magicicada), Ann Arbor: Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 


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