Diceroprocta apache

Diceroprocta apache
Scientific classification
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]}

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. "Diceroprocta apache species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.

Further reading

• Hill, Kathy B. R.; Marshall, David C.; Moulds, Maxwell S.; Simon, Chris (2015). "Molecular phylogenetics, diversification, and systematics of Tibicen Latreille 1825 and allied cicadas of the tribe Cryptotympanini, with three new genera and emphasis on species from the USA and Canada (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadidae)". Zootaxa. 3985 (2): 219–251. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3985.2.3 . PMID   26250031. S2CID   4331792.
• Sanborn, Allen (2013). Catalogue of the Cicadoidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Academic Press. ISBN   978-0-12-416647-9.

External links

• Media related to Diceroprocta apache at Wikimedia Commons