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Neotibicen bermudianus

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Neotibicen bermudianus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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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

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Populations of this species were historically abundant on Bermuda, but they plummeted sharply in the middle 20th century after the decline of their preferred host, the Bermuda cedar.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Bermuda cicada. Bermuda Online".
  2. ^ "bermuda cicada". 3 August 2015.
  3. ^ Lee, Young June (December 2016). "Description of three new genera, Paratibicen, Gigatibicen, and Ameritibicen, of Cryptotympanini (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) and a key to their species". Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 9 (4): 448–454. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2016.09.002.
  4. ^ "Bermuda Cicada". The Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-10-02.