Maoricicada hamiltoni

Maoricicada hamiltoni
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadidae
Genus:	Maoricicada
Species:	M. hamiltoni
Binomial name
Maoricicada hamiltoni (Myers, 1926) [1]
Synonyms [2]
Melampsalta hamiltoniMyers, 1926

Maoricicada hamiltoni, also known as the Hamilton's cicada , is a species of insect that is endemic to New Zealand. ^{[3] [2]} This species was first described by John Golding Myers in 1926. ^{[1] [4]} This species is named in honour of Harold Hamilton. ^[5]

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 16 December 2018– via Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research.
2. "Maoricicada hamiltoni (Myers, 1926)". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
3. 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. LCCN   2011379669. OCLC   973607714. OL   25288394M. Wikidata   Q45922947.
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. Myers, J. G. (1926). "New or Little-Known Australasian Cicadas of the Genus Melampsalta, With Notes on Songs by Iris Myers". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 33 (3): 61–76. doi: 10.1155/1926/75297 – via ResearchGate.