Maoricicada oromelaena

Maoricicada oromelaena, also known as the greater alpine black cicada, is a species of insect that is endemic to New Zealand.[1][2] This species was first described by John Golding Myers in 1926.[1][3]

Maoricicada oromelaena
Male
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Maoricicada
Species:
M. oromelaena
Binomial name
Maoricicada oromelaena
(Myers, 1926)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Melampsalta oromelaena Myers, 1926

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Maoricicada oromelaena (Myers, 1926)". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  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. ^ 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.