- Magicicada cassini
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Magicicada cassini Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hemiptera Family: Cicadidae Genus: Magicicada Species: M. cassini Binomial name Magicicada cassini
(Fisher, 1851)Synonyms Magicicada septencassini
Main article: Cassini periodical cicadasMagicicada cassini, sometimes called the dwarf cicada is a species of periodical cicada endemic to the United States. It has a 17-year lifecycle but is otherwise indistinguishable from the 13-year periodical cicada Magicicada tredecassini. 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
- ^ "Periodical Cicada Page". University of Michigan. http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/fauna/Michigan_Cicadas/Periodical/. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ^ Capinera, John L. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. p. 2792. ISBN 1402062427. http://books.google.com/books?id=i9ITMiiohVQC.
External link
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Magicicada cassini. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 August 2007.
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