Rhodopsalta leptomera

Rhodopsalta leptomera
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadidae
Genus:	Rhodopsalta
Species:	R. leptomera
Binomial name
Rhodopsalta leptomera (Myers, 1921) [1]
Synonyms [1]
Melampsalta leptomeraMyers, 1921

Rhodopsalta leptomera, also known as the sand dune redtail cicada , is a species of insect that is endemic to New Zealand. ^{[1] [2]} This species was first described in 1921 by J. G. Myers and named Melampsalta leptomera. ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. 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.
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. "Rhodopsalta leptomera (Myers, 1921)". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
4. Myers, J. G. (1921). "A revision of the New Zealand Cicadidae (Homoptera) with descriptions of new species". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 53: 238–250 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.