Maoricicada oromelaena

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

Maoricicada oromelaena, also known as the greater alpine black cicada , is a species of insect that is endemic to New Zealand. ^{[1] [2]} This species was first described by John Golding Myers in 1926. ^{[1] [3]}

References

1. "Maoricicada oromelaena (Myers, 1926)". 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. LCCN   2011379669. OCLC   973607714. OL   25288394M. Wikidata   Q45922947.
3. 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.