Maoricicada
| Maoricicada | |
|---|---|
| Female specimen of Maoricicada iolanthe AMNZ21720 held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Subfamily: | Cicadettinae |
| Tribe: | Cicadettini |
| Genus: | Dugdale, 1972 |
| Species | |
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Maoricicada, commonly known as black cicadas or mountain black cicadas, is a genus of cicada in the family Cicadidae.[1] This genus is endemic to New Zealand.[2]
Species
The World Auchenorrhyncha Database[3] includes:
- Maoricicada alticola Dugdale and Fleming 1978
- Maoricicada campbelli (Myers 1923) - type species
- Maoricicada cassiope (Hudson 1891)
- Maoricicada clamitans Dugdale and Fleming 1978
- Maoricicada hamiltoni (Myers 1926)
- Maoricicada iolanthe (Hudson 1891)
- Maoricicada lindsayi (Myers 1923)
- Maoricicada mangu (White, 1879)
- Maoricicada myersi (Fleming 1971)
- Maoricicada nigra (Myers 1921)
- Maoricicada oromelaena (Myers 1926)
- Maoricicada otagoensis Dugdale and Fleming 1978
- Maoricicada phaeoptera Dugdale and Fleming 1978
- Maoricicada tenuis Dugdale and Fleming 1978
Gallery
References
- ^ Larivière, M.-C.; Fletcher, M. J.; Larochelle, A. (2010). "Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 63: 1–232. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2018 – via Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research.
- ^ Simon, Chris. "Selected New Zealand cicada species". Cicada Central. The Simon Lab. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ World Auchenorrhyncha Database: genus Maoricicada Dugdale, 1972 (retrieved 3 July 2025)
- Media related to Maoricicada at Wikimedia Commons