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Definition of Tibicen
1. Noun. Harvest flies.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Cicadidae, Family Cicadidae
Member holonyms: Dog-day Cicada, Harvest Fly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tibicen
Literary usage of Tibicen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1894)
"On our Island its place is taken in point of numbers, by Cicada tibicen
L., (C.pruinosa Say), ... Cicada tibicen L., also sings after dark on warm nights, ..."
2. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1860)
"This species appears to be closely allied to, if not identical with, Holacanthus
tibicen, superficially described by Cuvier. a, b. Fine specimens. Amboyna. ..."
3. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1860)
"... superficially described by Cuvier. a, 6. Fine specimens. Amboyna. Purchased of
Mr. Frank. 9. Holacanthus tibicen. Cur. 4- Vol. vii. p. 173. ..."
4. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1907)
"In referring to my ' Catalogue of the Cicadidae,' he writes :—" On p. 146, Cicada
ungulata, Hagen, is cited as a synonym of tibicen annulatus ; on p. ..."
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