Maoricicada

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

Dugdale
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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]

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<i>Maoricicada alticola</i> Species of true bug

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<i>Maoricicada campbelli</i> Species of true bug

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<i>Maoricicada cassiope</i> Species of true bug

Maoricicada cassiope, also known as the screaming cicada, is a species of insect that is endemic to New Zealand. This species was first described by George Hudson in 1891.

<i>Maoricicada clamitans</i> Species of true bug

Maoricicada clamitans, also known as the yodelling cicada, is a species of insect that is endemic to New Zealand. This species was first described by John S. Dugdale and Charles Fleming in 1978.

<i>Maoricicada hamiltoni</i> Species of true bug

Maoricicada hamiltoni, also known as the Hamilton's cicada, is a species of insect that is endemic to New Zealand. This species was first described by John Golding Myers in 1926. This species is named in honour of Harold Hamilton.

<i>Maoricicada iolanthe</i> Species of true bug

Maoricicada iolanthe, also known as the Iolanthe cicada, is a species of insect that is endemic to New Zealand. This species was first described by George Vernon Hudson in 1891.

<i>Maoricicada lindsayi</i> Species of true bug

Maoricicada lindsayi, also known as the Lindsay's cicada, is a species of insect that is endemic to New Zealand. This species was first described by John Golding Myers in 1923. Myers named the species in honour of Charles Lindsay who collected the holotype specimen.

<i>Maoricicada mangu</i> Species of true bug

Maoricicada mangu is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand. This species was first described by Francis Buchanan White in 1879.

<i>Maoricicada myersi</i> Species of true bug

Maoricicada myersi, also known as Myers' cicada, is a species of insect that is endemic to New Zealand. This species was first described by Charles Fleming in 1971.

<i>Maoricicada nigra</i> Species of insect

Maoricicada nigra is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand. This species was first described by John Golding Myers in 1921.

<i>Maoricicada oromelaena</i> Species of true bug

Maoricicada oromelaena, also known as the greater alpine black cicada, is a species of insect that is endemic to New Zealand. This species was first described by John Golding Myers in 1926.

<i>Maoricicada otagoensis</i> Species of true bug

Maoricicada otagoensis is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand. This species was first described by John S. Dugdale and Charles Fleming in 1978.

<i>Maoricicada phaeoptera</i> Species of true bug

Maoricicada phaeoptera, also known as the southern dusky cicada, is a species of insect that is endemic to New Zealand. This species was first described by John S. Dugdale and Charles Fleming in 1978.

<i>Maoricicada tenuis</i> Species of true bug

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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.