| Maoricicada lindsayi | |
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| Male | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Genus: | Maoricicada |
| Species: | M. lindsayi |
| Binomial name | |
| Maoricicada lindsayi | |
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Maoricicada lindsayi, also known as the Lindsay's cicada, is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand. [2] [3] This species was first described by John Golding Myers in 1923. [1] [4] Myers named the species in honour of Charles Lindsay who collected the holotype specimen. [5]