Periodical cicada is the common name for any of the seven species of the genus Magicicada native to eastern North America, known for the thirteen-year and seventeen-year cicadas. They are called periodical because nearly every individual in a local population is developmentally synchronized to emerge in the same year. Although sometimes called locusts, this is a misnomer: cicadas belong to the order Hemiptera, while true locusts are grasshoppers of the order Orthoptera. Magicicada belongs to the cicada tribe Lamotialnini, a group with representatives in Australia, Africa and Asia as well as the Americas.
Facts
Classification
System (Realm) Relationship to PeopleEaten or Drunk by People 1 Living or Extinct Comparison
CITES Appendix Partially Attested
Scientific NameSource gives genus Magicicada (seven species), not a single species Identification
Distinguishing AppearanceTwo red compound eyes, three small ocelli, black dorsal thorax, translucent wings with orange veins 1 Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Wikidata: Periodical Cicada
In Ecosystem
Source Periodical cicadas
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1. Periodical cicadas
Lead paragraph
any of the seven species of the genus Magicicada
Description
two red compound eyes, three small ocelli, and a black dorsal thorax
system (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
While underground, the nymphs feed on xylem fluids from the roots of broadleaf forest trees in the eastern United States.
Article text: "Magicicada species are edible when cooked for pe"
Magicicada species are edible when cooked for people who lack allergies to similar foods.
In Ecosystem: Great Plains, Distribution
The 17-year periodical cicadas are distributed from the Eastern states, across the Ohio Valley, to the Great Plains states and north to the edges of the Upper Midwest, while the 13-year cicadas occur in the Southern and Mississippi Valley states, with some slight overlap of the two groups.
View the Source2. Wikidata: Periodical Cicada
- Wikidata Q49664, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikipedia 'Periodical cicadas': nymphs feed on xylem fluids from the roots of broadleaf forest trees
- Child Taxon Of: Hemiptera, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source3. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ49664, descriptionView the Source 4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Insecta
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 28Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 28
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