Maoricicada otagoensis

Maoricicada otagoensis is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand.[1][2] This species was first described by John S. Dugdale and Charles Fleming in 1978.[1][3]

Maoricicada otagoensis
Male Maoricicada otagoensis otagoensis
Female Maoricicada otagoensis otagoensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Maoricicada
Species:
M. otagoensis
Binomial name
Maoricicada otagoensis

Subspecies

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There are two subspecies:[4]

  • Maoricicada otagoensis maceweni Dugdale & Fleming, 1978. (Southern speargrass cicada)
  • Maoricicada otagoensis otagoensis Dugdale & Fleming, 1978. (Otago speargrass cicada)
 
Maoricicada otagoensis otagoensis male singing from small stone on bare ground near Duffers Saddle, Central Otago.

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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.
  2. ^ "Maoricicada otagoensis Dugdale and Fleming, 1978". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  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. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  4. ^ Larivière, M.-C.; Fletcher, M. J.; Larochelle, A. (2010). "Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 63: 1–232. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2018 – via Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research.