Maoricicada

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]

Maoricicada
Female specimen of Maoricicada iolanthe AMNZ21720 held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
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Maoricicada

Dugdale
Species

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Species

  • Maoricicada mangu celer Dugdale and Fleming 1978
  • Maoricicada mangu gourlayi Dugdale and Fleming 1978
  • Maoricicada mangu multicostata Dugdale and Fleming 1978
  • Maoricicada nigra frigida Dugdale and Fleming 1978
  • Maoricicada otagoensis maceweni Dugdale and Fleming 1978

References

  1. Larivière, M.-C.; Fletcher, M. J.; Larochelle, A. (2010). "Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 63: 1–232. Retrieved 15 December 2018 via Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research.
  2. Simon, Chris. "Selected New Zealand cicada species". Cicada Central. The Simon Lab. Retrieved 19 April 2016.


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