Megatibicen
| Megatibicen | |
|---|---|
| Megatibicen dorsatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Tribe: | Tacuini |
| Subtribe: | Tacuina |
| Genus: | Megatibicen Sanborn & Heath, 2016 |
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Megatibicen is a genus of North American cicadas in the tribe Tacuini, with about 10 described species. Until 2016, these species were included in the genus Tibicen (now genus Lyristes Horvath, 1926) and then briefly in Neotibicen. The species formerly of genera Ameritibicen Lee, 2016 and Gigatibicen Lee, 2016 are now considered species of Megatibicen Sanborn & Heath, 2016.