Megatibicen dorsatus
Species of true bug
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Megatibicen dorsatus, known generally as the bush cicada or giant grassland cicada, is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae.[1][2][3]
| Megatibicen dorsatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Genus: | Megatibicen |
| Species: | M. dorsatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Megatibicen dorsatus (Say, 1825) | |
Notes
M. dorsatus is endemic to the tallgrass prairies of the central United States.[4] Adult males are host to the acoustically hunting sarcophagid parasitoid, Emblemasoma erro.[5]
