Maoricicada otagoensis | |
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Male Maoricicada otagoensis otagoensis | |
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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 | |
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]
There are two subspecies: [4]
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