The Cicadas of Florida (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae)
Author
Sanborn, Allen F.
Author
Phillips, Polly K.
Author
Gilllis, Philip
text
Zootaxa
2008
1916
1
43
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.274559
95be8ece-0676-4e15-872e-05801c9edf88
1175-5326
274559
Tibicen resonans
(Walker)
(Figs. 72, 103–111)
Cicada resonans
Walker 1850
: 106
.
Type
locality: unknown. The collection locality of the
holotype
was unknown to Walker. The
holotype
female is in the Natural History Museum, London.
Adults first emerge in mid-June and can be heard singing until mid-October. The most common collection dates are in August and early September. The song is similar to the song of
T. auletes
with the sound pulses being shorter in duration and the main song frequency being higher in
T. resonans
(
Alexander 1956
)
. A songram of the call can be found in
Alexander (1956
;
1960
). We have observed
T. resonans
singing only at dawn and dusk in the panhandle. The coloration pattern along with their preference for singing high in pine trees when light levels are low makes the species difficult to collect.
The distribution of
T. resonans
in Florida is similar to
T. figuratus
being found in forested areas of the state while being absent from the Everglades (Fig. 72). The species is found in all Florida ecoregions but is limited to the Miami Ridge/Atlantic Coastal Strip in the South Florida Coastal Plain.
Davis (1918)
reported an association with sandy ridges in Mississippi. It has been reported from several locations across Florida in the following 30 counties: Alachua,
Baker
, Brevard, Calhoun, Dade, Desoto, Duval, Escambia, Franklin, Gilchrist, Hernando, Hillsborough, Holmes, Lake, Liberty, Manatee, Marion, Nassau, Okaloosa, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Putnam, Santa Rosa, Seminole, St. Lucie, and Volusia.