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Diceroprocta apache

Diceroprocta apache, the citrus cicada or Apache cicada, is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae. It is found in Central America and North America.

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Diceroprocta apache
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Tribe: Fidicinini
Genus: Diceroprocta
Species:
D. apache
Binomial name
Diceroprocta apache
(Davis, 1921)

Diceroprocta apache, the citrus cicada or Apache cicada, is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae. It is found in Central America and North America.123

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Life cycle

Their median life cycle from egg to natural adult death is around three to four years.4

Ecology

The Apache cicada is an important link in riparian hydrology5 and food webs of desert regions.6

References

References

  1. "Diceroprocta apache Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Diceroprocta apache". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. Campbell, Matthew (18 August 2015). "Genome expansion via lineage splitting and genome reduction in the cicada endosymbiont Hodgkinia - Supporting Information" (PDF). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112 (33): 10192–10199. doi:10.1073/pnas.1421386112. PMC 4547289. PMID 26286984. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  4. Ellingson, Aaron R.; Andersen, Douglas C. (2002). "Spatial correlations of Diceroprocta apache and its host plants: evidence for a negative impact from Tamarix invasion". Ecological Entomology. 27 (1): 16–24. Bibcode:2002EcoEn..27...16E. doi:10.1046/j.0307-6946.2001.00387.x. ISSN 1365-2311.
  5. Lundgren, Erick J.; Moeller, Karla T.; Clyne, Michael Otis; Middleton, Owen S.; Mahoney, Sean M.; Kwapich, Christina L. (2022). "Cicada nymphs dominate American black bear diet in a desert riparian area". Ecology and Evolution. 12 (3) e8577. Bibcode:2022EcoEv..12E8577L. doi:10.1002/ece3.8577. ISSN 2045-7758. PMC 8888249. PMID 35261736.
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