Maoricicada phaeoptera

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

Last updated December 07, 2025

Maoricicada phaeoptera, also known as the southern dusky cicada , is a species of insect that is endemic to New Zealand.^[1]^[2] This species was first described by John S. Dugdale and Charles Fleming in 1978.^[3]^[4]

References

1 2 "Maoricicada phaeoptera Dugdale & Fleming, 1978". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
↑ 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.
↑ 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 .
↑ 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.

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[NZOR-1] 1 2 "Maoricicada phaeoptera Dugdale & Fleming, 1978". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 17 December 2018.

[NZIB-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] 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 .

[FNZ2010-4] 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.

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