Maoricicada

Maoricicada
Female specimen of Maoricicada iolanthe AMNZ21720 held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadidae
Subfamily:	Cicadettinae
Tribe:	Cicadettini
Genus:	Maoricicada 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

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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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2013. 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.
3. World Auchenorrhyncha Database: genus Maoricicada Dugdale, 1972 (retrieved 3 July 2025)

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