Diceroprocta

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Diceroprocta
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Diceroprocta apache
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Tribe: Fidicinini
Genus: Diceroprocta
Stål, 1870

Diceroprocta is a genus of scrub cicadas in the family Cicadidae. There are at least 60 described species in Diceroprocta. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Diceroprocta viridifascia

Species

These 60 species belong to the genus Diceroprocta:

Data sources: i = ITIS, [1] c = Catalogue of Life, [2] g = GBIF, [3] b = Bugguide.net [4]

History

The genus Diceroprocta appears to have originated in Mexico, as that is where the most genetic diversity can be found. [5] Diceroprocta cicadas are most closely related to the Tibicen genus; many Diceroprocta insects were originally falsely assigned to the Tibicen genus. [5]

Biogeography

There are 21 Diceroprocta species that inhabit the United States and Canada. [5] The subspecies can be separated into two primary categories: those in the central and eastern United States whose males possess rounded opercula, and those in the western and southern United States, whose males possess pointed opercula.

References

  1. 1 2 "Diceroprocta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Diceroprocta". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  3. 1 2 "Diceroprocta". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  4. 1 2 "Diceroprocta Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  5. 1 2 3 Sanborn, Allen (April 9, 2013). "Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico" (PDF). Diversity. 5: 16–239 via Cicadamania.com.

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