Diceroprocta apache

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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
Species:
D. apache
Binomial name
Diceroprocta apache
(Davis, 1921)

Diceroprocta apache, the citrus cicada or Apache cicada, is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae. It is found in Central America and North America. [1] [2] [3]

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Citrus cicada, Diceroprocta apache

Life cycle

Their median life cycle from egg to natural adult death is around three to four years. [4]

Ecology

The Apache cicada is an important link in riparian hydrology [5] and food webs of desert regions. [6]

References

  1. "Diceroprocta apache Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Diceroprocta apache". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. Campbell, Matthew (18 August 2015). "Genome expansion via lineage splitting and genome reduction in the cicada endosymbiont Hodgkinia - Supporting Information" (PDF). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112 (33): 10192–10199. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1421386112 . PMC   4547289 . PMID   26286984 . Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  4. Ellingson, Aaron R.; Andersen, Douglas C. (2002). "Spatial correlations of Diceroprocta apache and its host plants: evidence for a negative impact from Tamarix invasion". Ecological Entomology. 27 (1): 16–24. Bibcode:2002EcoEn..27...16E. doi:10.1046/j.0307-6946.2001.00387.x. ISSN   1365-2311.
  5. Lundgren, Erick J.; Moeller, Karla T.; Clyne, Michael Otis; Middleton, Owen S.; Mahoney, Sean M.; Kwapich, Christina L. (2022). "Cicada nymphs dominate American black bear diet in a desert riparian area". Ecology and Evolution. 12 (3): e8577. Bibcode:2022EcoEv..12E8577L. doi:10.1002/ece3.8577. ISSN   2045-7758. PMC   8888249 . PMID   35261736.

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