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
Synonyms
  • Ameritibicen Lee, 2016
  • Gigatibicen Lee, 2016

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.