Maoricicada nigra

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Maoricicada nigra
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Male Maoricicada nigra nigra
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Female Maoricicada nigra nigra
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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "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. Retrieved 17 December 2018 via Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research.