Global InformationMagicicada cassini information
| Magicicada cassini | |
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| Female ovipositing | |
Conservation status
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 Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Genus: | Magicicada |
| Species: | M. cassini
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| Binomial name | |
| Magicicada cassini (Fisher, 1852)
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| Synonyms | |
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Cicada cassinii Fisher, 1852[2] | |
Magicicada cassini (originally spelled cassinii [a]), known as the 17-year cicada, Cassin's periodical cicada or the dwarf periodical cicada,[6] is a species of periodical cicada. It is endemic to North America. It has a 17-year life cycle but is otherwise indistinguishable from the 13-year periodical cicada Magicicada tredecassini. The two species are usually discussed together as "cassini periodical cicadas" or "cassini-type periodical cicadas." Unlike other periodical cicadas, cassini-type males may synchronize their courting behavior so that tens of thousands of males sing and fly in unison.[7][8] The species was first reported to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Margaretta Morris in 1846.[9] In 1852, the species was formally described by J. C. Fisher and given the specific name cassini in honour of John Cassin, an American ornithologist, whose own report was included by Fisher in his publication.
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iucnwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Fisher, J.C. (1852). "On a new species of Cicada". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 5: 272–275.
- ^ a b Marshall, David C. (8 April 2022). "On the spelling of the name of Cassin's 17-Year Cicada, Magicicada cassini (Fisher, 1852) (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)". Zootaxa. 5125 (2): 241–245. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5125.2.8. PMID 36101217. [open access]
- ^ "International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, 4th Edition". ICZN. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ Alexander, R.D., and T. E. Moore. (1962). The evolutionary relationships of 17-year and 13-year cicadas, and three new species (Homoptera, Cicadidae, Magicicada). Miscellaneous Publications of the Museum of Zoology of the University of Michigan 121: 1–59.
- ^ "Magicicada cassini (Fisher, 1852) aka Cassini 17-Year Cicada". Cicada Mania. 14 April 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ "University of Michigan Periodical Cicada Page". Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ Capinera, John L. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. p. 2792. ISBN 978-1-4020-6242-1.
- ^ McNeur, Catherine. "The Woman Who Solved a Cicada Mystery—but Got No Recognition". Scientific American. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
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