List of cicadas of New Zealand

Location of New Zealand

Cicadas of New Zealand consist of Cicadidae recorded from the islands of New Zealand. ^[1] The morphological taxonomy of cicadas present in New Zealand is regarded as being in its infancy. ^[2] As a result, this list is likely to be subject to change.

Amphipsalta

Amphipsalta zelandica (Chorus Cicada)

• Amphipsalta cingulata (Fabricius, 1775), Clapping Cicada
• Amphipsalta strepitans (Kirkaldy, 1909), Chirping Cicada
• Amphipsalta zelandica (Boisduval, 1835), Chorus Cicada

Kikihia

Kikihia scutellaris (Lesser Bronze Cicada)

• Kikihia angusta (Walker, 1850), Tussock Cicada
• Kikihia cauta (Myers, 1921), Greater Bronze Cicada
• Kikihia cutora cumberi Fleming, 1973, Southern Snoring Cicada
• Kikihia cutora cutora (Walker, 1850), Northern Snoring Cicada
• Kikihia cutora exulis (Hudson, 1950), Kermadec Cicada
• Kikihia dugdalei Fleming, 1984, Dugdale's Cicada
• Kikihia horologium Fleming, 1984, Clock Cicada
• Kikihia laneorum Fleming, 1984, Lane's Cicada
• Kikihia longula (Hudson, 1950), Chathams Cicada
• Kikihia muta muta (Fabricius, 1775), Variable Cicada
• Kikihia muta pallida (Hudson, 1950)
• Kikihia ochrina (Walker, 1858), April Green Cicada
• Kikihia paxillulae Fleming, 1984, Peg's Cicada
• Kikihia rosea (Walker, 1850), Pink or Murihiku Cicada
• Kikihia scutellaris (Walker, 1850), Lesser Bronze Cicada
• Kikihia subalpina (Hudson, 1891), Subalpine Green Cicada

Maoricicada

Maoricicada nigra nigra male

• Maoricicada alticola Dugdale & Fleming, 1978, High Alpine Cicada
• Maoricicada campbelli (Myers, 1923), Campbell's Cicada
• Maoricicada cassiope (Hudson, 1891), Screaming Cicada
• Maoricicada clamitans Dugdale & Fleming, 1978, Yodelling Cicada
• Maoricicada hamiltoni (Myers, 1926), Hamilton's Cicada
• Maoricicada iolanthe (Hudson, 1891), Iolanthe Cicada
• Maoricicada lindsayi (Myers, 1923), Linsay's Cicada
• Maoricicada mangu celer Dugdale & Fleming, 1978, Braying Cicada
• Maoricicada mangu gourlayi Dugdale & Fleming, 1978, Dun Mountain Cicada
• Maoricicada mangu mangu (White, 1879), Canterbury Scree Cicada
• Maoricicada mangu multicostata Dugdale & Fleming, 1978, Northern Scree Cicada
• Maoricicada myersi (Fleming, 1971), Myers' Cicada
• Maoricicada nigra frigida Dugdale & Fleming, 1978, Eastern Subnival Cicada
• Maoricicada nigra nigra (Myers, 1921), Western Subnival Cicada
• Maoricicada oromelaena (Myers, 1926), Greater Alpine Black Cicada
• Maoricicada otagoensis maceweni Dugdale & Fleming, 1978, Southern Speargrass Cicada
• Maoricicada otagoensis otagoensis Dugdale & Fleming, 1978, Otago Speargrass Cicada
• Maoricicada phaeoptera Dugdale & Fleming, 1978, Southern Dusky Cicada
• Maoricicada tenuis Dugdale & Fleming, 1978, Northern Dusky Cicada

Notopsalta

• Notopsalta sericea (Walker, 1850), Clay Bank Cicada

Rhodopsalta

• Rhodopsalta cruentata (Fabricius, 1775), Blood Redtail Cicada
• Rhodopsalta leptomera (Myers, 1921), Sand Dune Redtail Cicada
• Rhodopsalta microdora (Hudson, 1936), Little Redtail Cicada

References

1. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume two. Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 403. ISBN   9781877257933. OCLC   973607714.
2. 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 24 February 2017.

External links

• Identification guide for New Zealand cicadas
• Field notes and photographs of New Zealand cicadas
• Virtual collection of type specimens held by NZAC