resh cicada

English

The thorax patterns of the resh cicada, with a possible Hebrew or Arabic resh-like pattern as the color green, or the Aramaic resh pattern as the color black.

Etymology

From resh +‎ cicada, a partial calque of translingual Megatibicen resh. From a character, either Aramaic 𐡓 (r), Hebrew ר (r) or Arabic ر (r), named resh, which resembles patterns commonly found on the thoraxes of members of this species.

Noun

resh cicada (plural resh cicadas)

1. Megatibicen resh, a species of cicada found most commonly in Texas.

   Synonym: western dusk singing cicada

Coordinate terms

Megatibicen species

• Megatibicen auletes: giant oak cicada, northern dusk-singing cicada, southern oak cicada
• Megatibicen cultriformis: grand western flood-plain cicada
• Megatibicen dealbatus: plains cicada
• Megatibicen dorsatus: bush cicada, giant grassland cicada
• Megatibicen figuratus: fall southeastern dusk-singing cicada
• Megatibicen pronotalis: Walker's cicada
• Megatibicen resonans: resonant cicada, southern pine barrens cicada
• Megatibicen tremulus: Cole's bush cicada, western bush cicada