Neotibicen pruinosus, commonly known as the scissor grinder, is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae.

Neo is Greek for "new" while tibicen is Latin for "flute player" or "piper".

[9] Scissor grinders, like all other cicadas, use their proboscis, a type of insect mouthpart similar to a straw, to pierce trees and drink fluid from the xylem.

A rare pale variant of the scissor grinder occurs in southeastern Kansas and eastern Oklahoma.

[11]These two subspecies belong to the species Neotibicen pruinosus: Data sources: i = ITIS,[12] c = Catalogue of Life,[1] g = GBIF,[2] b = Bugguide.net[3]