Neotibicen bermudiana Verrill, 1902:736
Bermuda cicada, Bermuda singer, Bermuda scissor-grinder
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Cicada bermudiana Verrill, 1902:736; Tibicen bermudiana Verrill, 1902:736
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1989 (Wilson & Hilburn, 1991:416)
Distribution
Bermuda Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
Above: a preserved Bermuda cicada. Photo by Brian Gratwicke in 2010. Released under CCA 2.0 license. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
References
Original scientific description:
Verrill, A. E. (1902). The Bermuda Islands: An account of their scenery, climate, productions, physiology, natural history and geology, with sketches of their discovery and early history and changes in their flora and fauna due to man. Trans. Conn. Acad. Sci. 9: 1-548.
Other references:
Sterrer, W. (1998). How many species are there in Bermuda? Bulletin of Marine Science 62(23): 809-840.
Wilson, Michael R. and Hilburn, Daniel J. (1991). Annotated List of the Auchenorrhynchous Homoptera (Insecta) of Bermuda. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 84(4): 412-419.
http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/tibicen-bermudiana-an-extinct-cicada/
http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/1812/neotibicen-bermudianus-bermuda-cicada