Maoricicada otagoensis

Maoricicada otagoensis
Male Maoricicada otagoensis otagoensis
Female Maoricicada otagoensis otagoensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadidae
Genus:	Maoricicada
Species:	M. otagoensis
Binomial name
Maoricicada otagoensis Dugdale and Fleming, 1978 [1]

Maoricicada otagoensis is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand. ^{[1] [2]} This species was first described by John S. Dugdale and Charles Fleming in 1978. ^{[1] [3]}

Subspecies

There are two subspecies: ^[4]

• Maoricicada otagoensis maceweni Dugdale & Fleming, 1978. (Southern speargrass cicada)
• Maoricicada otagoensis otagoensis Dugdale & Fleming, 1978. (Otago speargrass cicada)

Maoricicada otagoensis otagoensis male singing from small stone on bare ground near Duffers Saddle, Central Otago.

References

1. 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.
2. "Maoricicada otagoensis Dugdale and Fleming, 1978". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
3. Dugdale, J.S.; Fleming, C.A. (1978). "New Zealand cicadas of the genus Maoricicada (Homoptera: Tibicinidae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 5 (2): 295–340. doi: 10.1080/03014223.1978.10428319 . Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
4. Larivière, M.-C.; Fletcher, M. J.; Larochelle, A. (2010). "Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 63: 1–232. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2018– via Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research.