Maoricicada nigra | |
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Male Maoricicada nigra nigra | |
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Female Maoricicada nigra nigra | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Family: | Cicadidae |
Genus: | Maoricicada |
Species: | M. nigra |
Binomial name | |
Maoricicada nigra | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Maoricicada nigra is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand. [1] [2] This species was first described by John Golding Myers in 1921. [1] [3]
There are two subspecies: [4]
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