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Notes Periodic Cicadas in Texas

17-year Periodical Cicada - Brood IV - The Kansan Brood

Magicicada cassinii (Fisher) - Family Cicadidae

   

Specimens collected in Fannin Co. by Tim Brys of the Dallas Zoo Insectarium, who reports:
"It was almost uncomfortable to listen to but not quite." Photo by Valerie Wielard, 2015

17-year Periodical Cicada - Brood IV - The Kansan Brood
The southern portion of Brood IV just crosses the Red River in north Texas
Brood IV mostly emerges at 17 year intervals in years 1981, 1998, 2015, 2032
but a portion of the brood also emerges at 13- and 21-yr intervals!

(13-year Periodic Cicada Brood XIX may also enter northeastmost Texas)

Important relevant periodical cicada links:

Brood IV distribution - ranges from north Texas to southeastern Iowa

Map of Periodical Cicada Broods - Liebhold et al. 2013

Magicicada cassini (Fisher 1851) - various songs and sonograms

Periodical Cicada Brood Chart - John R. Cooley, MBA, Ph.D.

June is the last month to see Periodical Cicadas - BugGuide data

YouTube video overview of the 7 species of Periodical Cicadas (9 mins) - Cicada Mania

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Bauernfeind, R.J. 2000. 1998 Distribution of Brood IV Magicicada (Homoptera: Cicadidae) in Kansas. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 73: 238-241.

Bibby, F.F. 1936. The cicadas of Texas (Homoptera: Cicadidae), MSc Thesis, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, College Station, TX.

Bromley, S.W. 1933. Cicadas in Texas. Psyche, 40(4): 130.

Davis, W.T. 1925. Cicada tibicen, a South American species, with records and descriptions of North American cicadas. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 33: 35–51.

Drew, W.A., F.L. Spangler, and D. Molnar. 1974. Oklahoma Cicadidae (Homoptera). Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science, 54: 90–97.

Dybas, H.S. and M. Lloyd. 1974. The habitats of 17-year periodical cicadas (Homoptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada spp.). Ecological Monographs 44: 279–324.

Marlatt, C.L. 1907. The periodical cicada. USDA Bureau of Entomology Bulletin 71: 1–181.

Marshall, D.C. 2001. Periodical cicada (Homoptera: Cicadidae) lifecycle variations, the historical emergence record, and the geographic stability of brood distributions. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 94: 386-399.

Marshall, D.C., K.B.R. Hill, J.R. Cooley. 2017. Multimodal life-cycle variation in 13- and 17-year periodical cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 90: 211-226. (Abstract)

Moore, T.E. 2000-2008. Checklist of cicadas North of Mexico. In: Walker, T.J. & Moore, T.E. 2000-2008. Singing Insects of North America.

Sanborn, A.F. and M.S. Heath. 2012. Catalogue of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae) of Continental North America North of Mexico. Thomas Say Monographs of the Entomological Society of America. Entomological Society of America, Lanham, MD. 227 pp.

Sanborn, A.F. and P.K. Phillips. 2013. Biogeography of the cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico. Diversity 5(2): 166–239.

Sanders, R.L. 2016. A 3-Year survey of Oklahoma cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae) with new state records. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 89(4): 315-337.

Simon, C. 1988. Evolution of 13- and 17-year periodical cicadas. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of America 34: 163-176.

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19 June 2019  © Mike Quinn / entomike@gmail.com / Texas Entomology / Texas Cicada Information