Maoricicada alticola

Maoricicada alticola
	Female
	Male
Conservation status
	; Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadidae
Genus:	Maoricicada
Species:	M. alticola
Binomial name
	Maoricicada alticola; Dugdale & Fleming, 1978

Last updated June 20, 2025

Maoricicada alticola, also known as the high alpine cicada, is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand.^[2]^[3] This species was first described by John S. Dugdale and Charles Fleming in 1978.^[1]^[4] Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Naturally Uncommon" with the qualifiers of Range Restricted".^[5]

References

1 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 15 December 2018– via Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research.
↑ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 403. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
↑ "Maoricicada alticola Dugdale & Fleming, 1978". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
↑ Dugdale, J.S.; Fleming, C.A. (1978). "New Zealand cicadas of the genus Maoricicada (Homoptera: Tibicinidae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 5 (2): 295–340. doi: 10.1080/03014223.1978.10428319 .
↑ Stringer, I. A.N.; Hitchmough, R. A.; Larivière, M.-C.; Eyles, A. C.; Teulon, D. A.J.; Dale, P. J.; Henderson, R. C. (1 July 2012). "The conservation status of New Zealand Hemiptera" . New Zealand Entomologist. 35 (2): 110–115. doi:10.1080/00779962.2012.686314. ISSN 0077-9962.

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[FNZ2010-1] 1 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 15 December 2018– via Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research.

[NZIB-2] Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 403. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.

[NZOR-3] "Maoricicada alticola Dugdale & Fleming, 1978". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 16 December 2018.

[4] Dugdale, J.S.; Fleming, C.A. (1978). "New Zealand cicadas of the genus Maoricicada (Homoptera: Tibicinidae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 5 (2): 295–340. doi: 10.1080/03014223.1978.10428319 .

[5] Stringer, I. A.N.; Hitchmough, R. A.; Larivière, M.-C.; Eyles, A. C.; Teulon, D. A.J.; Dale, P. J.; Henderson, R. C. (1 July 2012). "The conservation status of New Zealand Hemiptera" . New Zealand Entomologist. 35 (2): 110–115. doi:10.1080/00779962.2012.686314. ISSN 0077-9962.

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