''Megatibicen'' is a genus of North American

cicada The cicadas () are a superfamily, the Cicadoidea, of insects in the order Hemiptera (true bugs). They are in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, along with smaller jumping bugs such as leafhoppers and froghoppers. The superfamily is divided into two ...

s in the tribe

Tacuini The Tacuini are a tribe of cicadas, originally erected by William Lucas Distant in 1904. Most genera were placed previously in the tribe Cryptotympanini, with proposed synonomisation by Marshall et al. (2018); it was later confirmed that Tacuini ...

, with about 10 described species. Until 2016, these species were included in the genus ''

Tibicen ''Tibicen'' is a former genus name in the insect family Cicadidae (order Hemiptera) that was originally published by P. A. Latreille in 1825 and formally made available in a translation by A. A. Berthold in 1827. The name was placed on the Offi ...

'' (now genus ''

Lyristes ''Lyristes'' is a genus of cicadas from Europe and the Middle East. It was described by G. Horvath in 1926. Many authors previously listed the species of ''Lyristes'' under genus '' Tibicen'' Berthold, 1827, which shares the same type species. H ...

'' Horvath, 1926) and then briefly in ''

Neotibicen Cicadas of the genus ''Neotibicen'' are large-bodied insects of the family Cicadidae that appear in summer or early fall in eastern North America and formerly Bermuda. Common names include cicada, harvestfly, jar fly, and the misnomer locust. ...

''. The species formerly of genera ''Ameritibicen'' Lee, 2016 and ''Gigatibicen'' Lee, 2016 are now considered species of ''Megatibicen'' Sanborn & Heath, 2016.

Species

These species belong to the genus ''Megatibicen'': # '' Megatibicen auletes'' (Germar, 1834)^{c g b} (northern dusk-singing cicada) # '' Megatibicen cultriformis'' (Davis & W.T., 1915)^{c g b} (grand western flood-plain cicada) # '' Megatibicen dealbatus'' (Davis & W.T., 1915)^{c g b} (plains harvest-fly) # '' Megatibicen dorsatus'' (Say, 1825)^{c g b} (bush cicada) # '' Megatibicen figuratus'' (Walker & F., 1858)^{c g b} (fall southeastern dusk-singing cicada) # '' Megatibicen harenosus'' Cole, 2017^{c g b} # '' Megatibicen pronotalis'' (Davis & W.T., 1938)^{c g b} (Walker's cicada) # '' Megatibicen resh'' (Haldeman, 1852)^{c g b} # '' Megatibicen resonans'' (Walker & F., 1850)^{c g b} (southern resonant cicada) # '' Megatibicen tremulus'' (Cole, 2008)^{c g b} (western bush cicada) Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q55000214 Cryptotympanini Cicadidae genera Hemiptera of North America

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