Tacuini

Distant, 1904

Discreet Cicadas

Genus Guides

Cacama(Cactus Dodger Cicadas)
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Hadoa(Western Annual Cicadas)
Megatibicen(Great Cicadas)
Neotibicen(Dog-day Cicadas)
Tibicen

The Tacuini are a tribe of cicadas established by William Lucas Distant in 1904. Most were historically classified under Cryptotympanini, but Tacuini was confirmed valid due to date priority following taxonomic revision. The tribe includes two monogeneric subtribes (Heteropsaltriina and Nggelianina) restricted to Melanesia, and the widespread subtribe Tacuina. Notable genera include Cryptotympana, Cacama, Chremistica, Psaltoda, and the type genus Tacua.

Megatibicen dealbatus by (c) Colin Croft, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Colin Croft. Used under a CC-BY license.

Neotibicen by (c) Kristof Zyskowski, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Kristof Zyskowski. Used under a CC-BY license.

Megatibicen resonans by (c) Arturo Santos, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Arturo Santos. Used under a CC-BY license.

Pronunciation

How to pronounce Tacuini: /tɑːˈkuːniː/

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Distribution

in temperate and tropical regions worldwide, with subtribes Heteropsaltriina and Nggelianina restricted to Melanesia.

Similar Taxa

CryptotympaniniHistorically treated as synonymous; Marshall et al. (2018) proposed synonymization but Tacuini retained due to priority

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Taxonomic History

The tribe was synonymized with Cryptotympanini by some authors, but confirmed valid based on priority of publication date (1904 vs. 1925). Contains approximately 157,000+ iNaturalist observations indicating substantial diversity and detection.