Neotibicen bermudianus

Neotibicen bermudianus, also colloquially known as the Bermuda cicada, is an extinct species of annual cicada that was endemic to the island of Bermuda.[1][2]

Neotibicen bermudianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hemiptera
Family:
Cicadidae
Genus:
Neotibicen
Species:
†N. bermudianus
Binomial name
†Neotibicen bermudianus
(Verrill, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Tibicen bermudianus Verrill, 1902

Taxonomy

Neotibicen lyricen, the lyric cicada, of the Eastern United States is the most closely related species of Neotibicen behaviorally, morphologically, and genetically to the Bermuda cicada.[3]

Extinction

Populations of this species were historically abundant on Bermuda, but they plummeted sharply in the middle twentieth century after the decline of their preferred host: the Bermuda cedar.[4]

References
  1. "Bermuda cicada. Bermuda Online".
  2. "bermuda cicada".
  3. Lee, Young June (December 2016). "Description of three new genera, Paratibicen, Gigatibicen, and Ameritibicen, of Cryptotympanini (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) and a key to their species". Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 9 (4): 448–454. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2016.09.002.
  4. "Bermuda Cicada". The Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-10-02.


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