Diceroprocta

Diceroprocta is a genus of scrub cicadas in the family Cicadidae. There are at least 60 described species in Diceroprocta.^[1][2][3][4]

Diceroprocta viridifascia

Diceroprocta
Diceroprocta apache
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadidae
Tribe:	Fidicinini
Genus:	Diceroprocta Stål, 1870

Species

These 60 species belong to the genus Diceroprocta:

• Diceroprocta alacris (Stål, 1864) ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta albomaculata Davis, 1928 ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta apache (Davis, 1921) ^{i c g b} (citrus cicada)
• Diceroprocta apache-cinctifera-semicincta ^b
• Diceroprocta arizona (Davis, 1916) ^{i c g b}
• Diceroprocta aurantiaca Davis, 1938 ^{i c g b}
• Diceroprocta averyi Davis, 1941 ^{i c g b}
• Diceroprocta azteca (Kirkaldy, 1909) ^{i c g b}
• Diceroprocta bakeri (Distant, 1911) ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta belizensis (Distant, 1910) ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta bequaerti (Davis, 1917) ^{i c g b}
• Diceroprocta bibbyi Davis, 1928 ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta bicolora Davis, 1935 ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta biconica (Walker, 1850) ^{i c g b} (the Key's cicada)
• Diceroprocta bicosta (Walker, 1850) ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta bimaculata (Sanborn, 2010) ^{c g}
• Diceroprocta bonhotei (Distant, 1901) ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta bulgara (Distant, 1906) ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta canescens Davis, 1935 ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta castanea (Davis, W.T., 1916) ^c
• Diceroprocta caymanensis Davis, 1939 ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta cinctifera (Uhler, 1892) ^{i c g b}
• Diceroprocta cleavesi Davis, 1930 ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta crucifera (Walker, 1850) ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta delicata (Osborn, 1906) ^{i c g b}
• Diceroprocta digueti (Distant, 1906) ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta distanti Metcalf, 1963 ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta eugraphica (Davis, 1916) ^{i c g b}
• Diceroprocta fraterna Davis, 1935 ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta fusipennis (Walker, 1858) ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta grossa (Fabricius, 1775) ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta heathi (Sanborn, 2010) ^{c g}
• Diceroprocta knighti (Davis, 1917) ^{i c g b}
• Diceroprocta lata Davis, 1941 ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta lucida Davis, 1934 ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta marevagans Davis, 1928 ^{i c g b}
• Diceroprocta mesochlora (Walker, 1850) ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta nigriventris (Walker, F., 1858) ^{c g}
• Diceroprocta oaxacaensis Sanborn, 2007 ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta obscurior Davis, 1935 ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta oculata Davis, 1935 ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta oleacea (Distant, 1891) ^{c g}
• Diceroprocta olympusa (Walker, 1850) ^{i c g b}
• Diceroprocta operculabrunnea Davis, 1934 ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta ornea (Walker, 1850) ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta ovata Davis, 1939 ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta pinosensis Davis, 1935 ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta pronotolinea Sanborn, 2007 ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta psophis (Walker, 1850) ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta pusilla Davis, 1942 ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta pygmaea (Fabricius, 1803) ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta ruatana (Distant, 1891) ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta semicincta (Davis, 1925) ^{i c g b}
• Diceroprocta swalei (Distant, 1904) ^{i c g b}
• Diceroprocta tepicana Davis, 1938 ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta texana (Davis, 1916) ^{i c g b}
• Diceroprocta tibicen (Linnaeus, 1758) ^{i g}
• Diceroprocta virgulata (Distant, 1904) ^{i c g}
• Diceroprocta viridifascia (Walker, 1850) ^{i c g b} (salt marsh cicada)
• Diceroprocta vitripennis (Say, 1830) ^{i c g b} (green winged cicada)

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[1] c = Catalogue of Life,^[2] g = GBIF,^[3] b = Bugguide.net^[4]

History

The genus Diceroprocta appears to have originated in Mexico, as that is where the most genetic diversity can be found.^[5] Diceroprocta cicadas are most closely related to the Tibicen genus; many Diceroprocta insects were originally falsely assigned to the Tibicen genus.^[5]

Biogeography

There are 21 Diceroprocta species that inhabit the United States and Canada.^[5] The subspecies can be separated into two primary categories: those in the central and eastern United States whose males possess rounded opercula, and those in the western and southern United States, whose males possess pointed opercula.