Rhodopsalta microdora

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Rhodopsalta microdora
Rhodopsalta microdora female.jpg
Female
Rhodopsalta microdora male.jpg
Male
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Rhodopsalta
Species:
R. microdora
Binomial name
Rhodopsalta microdora
(Hudson, 1936) [1]
Synonyms [1]
  • Melampsalta microdoraHudson, 1936

Rhodopsalta microdora, also known as the little redtail cicada , is a species of insect that is endemic to New Zealand. [1] [2] This species was first described in 1936 by George Vernon Hudson and named Melampsalta microdora. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. OCLC   973607714. OL   25288394M. Wikidata   Q45922947.
  3. "Rhodopsalta microdora (Hudson, 1936)". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 17 December 2018.