Diceroprocta | |
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Diceroprocta apache | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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]
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]
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]
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.