Amphipsalta cingulata, the clapping cicada, is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand.[3][1]

Amphipsalta cingulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Amphipsalta
Species:
A. cingulata
Binomial name
Amphipsalta cingulata
(Fabricius, 1775)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Tettigonia cingulata Fabricius, 1775
  • Melampsalta cingulata (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Cicadetta cingulata (Fabricius, 1775)
Amphipsalta cingulata

Taxonomy

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This species was first described in 1775 by Johann Christian Fabricius and named Tettigonia cingulata.[4][2]

Distribution

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This species is endemic to New Zealand and is found only in the North Island.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Amphipsalta cingulata (Fabricius, 1775)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b Dugdale, J.S.; Fleming, C.A. (1969). "Two New Zealand cicadas collected on Cook's Endeavour voyage, with description of a new genus". New Zealand Journal of Science. 12: 929–57 – via BUGZ.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Fabricius, Johann Christian (1775). Systema entomologiae : sistens insectorvm classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibvs, observationibvs. Flensbvrgi et Lipsiae: In Officina Libraria Kortii. p. 680. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.36510.
  5. ^ "NZ Farm Forestry - Large Cicadas, Amphipsalta spp". www.nzffa.org.nz. Retrieved 22 January 2023.