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8/5/2016   Subspecies Neotibicen tibicen tibicen – Swamp Cicada

Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (Free-living Hemipterans)
Superfamily Cicadoidea (Cicadas, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers)
Family Cicadidae (Cicadas)
Subfamily Cicadinae
Genus Neotibicen (Annual or Dogday Cicadas)
Species tibicen (Swamp Cicada)
Subspecies tibicen (Swamp Cicada)
Other Common Names
“Morning Cicada”(coinage, perhaps a more appropriate name)
“Hump-back Cicada”
“Black-back Cicada”
“Green Annual Cicada”

a.k.a. “Dryfly”, “Black-back Dryfly”, “July-fly” & “Locust”
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tibicen chloromerus (Walker, 1850), the widely used name, has been shown to be a junior synonym of Tibicen tibicen (L.) (Sanborn, 2008, see also Cicadas of Michigan).
Tibicen chloromera (gender/spelling–see discussion on Tibicen page.)
Explanation of Names
The long-standing name for this common species, Tibicen chlormera, has apparently been changed to Tibicen tibicen based on priority. See Synonyms and references. –Cotinis 17 October 2008.
Numbers
2 defined subspecies & several populations with “distinctive traits”
Identification
pronotal collar often black (may be marked with green or solid green in some populations); pronotal shoulder patches large, solid green; mesonotum largely black (mesonotum may be patterned with green and reddish brown in some populations, particularly those from lower elevations and across the deep south); conspicuous dorsolateral white spot where abdomen meets thorax; abdomen beneath with midline only slightly darker than rest, sometimes only at base of each sternite

Reported to call from 8-11 a.m., with a “rising crescendo” call lasting about eight seconds. (See: Cicada Info.)

For details differentiating T. tibicen (chloromerus) from T. lyricen, please refer to the “Remarks” section below.
Range
Widespread across much of the eastern USA extending into southern Canada.

Spurious reports from extreme eastern Prairies
Scattered reports from eastern Texas
Common across Louisiana north into Missouri (Mississippi River Valley and associated tributaries).
Common across much of the Mid-West north into the Great Lakes area.
There are records for this species along the Great Lakes in southern Canada.
Common across the Southeast – incl. the Deep South & Mid-South (partic. the Gulf States).
Common along the Atlantic seaboard from Florida to New York (documented populations are scattered across parts of New England).

Populations in peninsular Florida north across the lower 1/3rd of Georgia are representative of ssp. australis.
Tibicen tibicen ssp. australis
Habitat
Nearly all ecosystems across the southeast – esp. Deciduous forests

Recorded from most ecosystems across the Midwest – esp. Deciduous forests
Recorded from most ecosystems across the Mid-Atlantic – esp. Deciduous forests
Recorded from coastal ecosystems across the southern parts of New England – esp. Deciduous forests
Season
May-November (Florida)
June-Oct (Georgia & South Carolina)
June-September (North Carolina)
July-August across most of the range
Food
Polyphagous
various plants, shrubs and trees
Life Cycle
eggs usually laid in dead twigs, wood or bark
(occasionally eggs may be laid in living stems and twigs)

eggs hatch and nymphs burrow into the soil

nymphs feed on the sap in roots for several years

Final instar nymphs emerge and develop into winged adults (emergence for this species usu. occurs at night)
Remarks
Tibicen lyricen and Tibicen tibicen (chloromerus) are often confused with one another. It is not an uncommon mistake to mis id. these two species since both are subject to regional and individual variability – hence frequently confused.

Pronotal and mesonotal patterns are variable in both Tibicen tibicen (chloromerus) and in T. lyricen; however, living or freshly dead chloromerus specimens have distinctly green pronotal patches in both the teneral and sclerotized states. Additionally, the green patches are usually better defined in T. tibicen than in lyricen.

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