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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Genus: | Maoricicada |
| Species: | M. otagoensis
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| Maoricicada otagoensis | |
Subspecies
editThere are two subspecies:[4]
- Maoricicada otagoensis maceweni Dugdale & Fleming, 1978. (Southern speargrass cicada)
- Maoricicada otagoensis otagoensis Dugdale & Fleming, 1978. (Otago speargrass cicada)
References
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- ^ 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.
- ^ "Maoricicada otagoensis Dugdale and Fleming, 1978". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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