Maoricicada oromelaena

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Maoricicada oromelaena
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Male
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Female
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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]

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References

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