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Subfamily Cicadettinae
Cicadetta - Little Grassland Cicadas
Magicicada - Periodical Cicadas
cassinii (Fisher)
Cassin's 17-year Cicada
Subfamily Cicadinae
Beameria
venosa (Uhler 1888)
Cacama - Cactus Dodgers
collinaplaga Sanborn & Heath 2011 Texas Cactus Dodger Texas Endemic valvata (Uhler 1888)
Common Cactus Dodger
variegata Davis 1919
Varigated Cactus Dodger Texas Endemic Diceroprocta - Scrub Cicadas
aurantiaca Davis 1938 Orange Cicada
averyi Davis 1941 Avery's Cicada
Texas Endemic azteca (Kirkaldy 1881) Aztec Cicada
bequaerti (Davis 1917) Bequaert's Cicada
bibbyi Davis 1928a Bibby's Cicada Type Specimen Texas Endemic canescens Davis 1935
Texas Endemic cinctifera cinctifera (Uhler, 1892) cinctifera limpia Davis 1932
c. viridicosta Davis 1930
delicata (Osborn 1906) Delicate Cicada
eugraphica (Davis 1916)
lata Davis, 1941
marevagans Davis 1928b
texana (Davis 1916) Texas Cicada
NM-TX-OK
vitripennis (Say 1830) Green-winged Cicada
chisos Davis 1916 Southwest Spot-winged Cicada
hieroglyphica (Say 1830) Hieroglyphic Cicada
Neotibicen
Megatibicen
Pacarina
puella Davis 1923 Little Mesquite Cicada Photos - SONG
shoemakeri Sanborn and M. Heath Quesada
gigas (Olivier 1790) Giant Cicada SONG
Subfamily Tettigadinae (syn. Tibicininae)
Okanagana
hesperia (Uhler 1876)
synodica (Say 1825)
Walking Cicada
w. N. Amer.
viridis Davis 1918
terlingua Davis 1932 Terlingua Cicada
Texas Endemic
falcata Davis 1920
Central Texas Cicadas - Texas Entomology
Song Sources:
Cicadas commonly heard in northern Florida - T. J. Walker
Cicada Central - University of Connecticut
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