Rhodopsalta cruentata, also known as the blood redtail cicada, is a species of insect that is endemic to New Zealand.[2][3] This species was first described in 1775 by Johann Christian Fabricius and named Tettigonia cruentata.[1][4]

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "Rhodopsalta cruentata (Fabricius, 1775)". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b 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.
  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.