Megatibicen grossus

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Megatibicen grossus, formerly Megatibicen auletes,[1] commonly called the northern dusk-singing cicada, giant oak cicada, or southern oak cicada, is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae. It is found in the eastern United States and portions of southeastern Canada.[2]

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Megatibicen grossus
Megatibicen grossus, Mississippi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Megatibicen
Species:
M. grossus
Binomial name
Megatibicen grossus
(Germar, 1834)
Synonyms
Synonymy
  • Tettigonia grossa
  • Tibicen auletes
  • Neotibicen auletes
  • Megatibicen auletes
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Notes

M. grossus is the largest cicada species in North America north of Mexico. It is associated with oak trees.[3]

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