Maoricicada nigra

Maoricicada nigra
Male Maoricicada nigra nigra
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 (Myers, 1921) [1]
Synonyms [1]
Melampsalta nigraMyers, 1921

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]}

Subspecies

There are two subspecies: ^[4]

• Maoricicada nigra frigidaDugdale & Fleming, 1978 – eastern subnival cicada
• Maoricicada nigra nigra(Myers, 1921) – western subnival cicada
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    Eastern Subnival Cicada (Maoricicada nigra frigida) sunning on rock near the Remarkables Ski Area, Otago.
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    View showing distinctive markings on the cicada's ventral surface, Old Man Range, Central Otago.

References

1. "Maoricicada nigra (Myers, 1921)". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
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.
3. Myers, J. G. (1921). "A revision of the New Zealand Cicadidae (Homoptera) with descriptions of new species". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 53: 238–250 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
4. 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 17 December 2018– via Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research.