Quesada gigas (Olivier, 1790)

Cicada gigas Olivier, 1790: 750 .

Cicada triupsilon Walker, 1850: 103 .

Cicada sonans Walker, 1850: 104 .

Cicada consonans Walker, 1850: 106 .

Cicada vibrans Walker, 1850: 107 .

Cicada triypsilon [sic] – Dohrn 1859: 73.

Tympanoterpes sibilarix Berg, 1879: 141 .

Tympanoterpes gigas – Distant 1881a: 14.

Cicada trupsilon [sic] – Uhler 1905: 75.

Quesada gigas – Distant 1905b: 479.

Queseda [sic] gigas – Van Duzee 1917: 499.

DISTRIBUTION. — This species has one of the most extensive north to south distribution of any cicada species. It has been reported from central Argentina to the southern United States (Metcalf 1963a; Duffels & van der Laan 1985; Sanborn et al. 1995b; Boulard 1996, 2005, 2006; Sanborn 2001 a, 2006, 2007a, b, 2010a; Sueur 2002; De Santis et al. 2007; Thouvenot 2007b).