Maoricicada Explained

Maoricicada, commonly known as black cicadas or mountain black cicadas, is a genus of cicada in the family Cicadidae.^[1] This genus is endemic to New Zealand.^[2]

Species

• Maoricicada alticola Dugdale and Fleming 1978
• Maoricicada campbelli (Myers 1923)
• Maoricicada cassiope (Hudson 1891)
• Maoricicada clamitans Dugdale and Fleming 1978
• Maoricicada hamiltoni (Myers 1926)
• Maoricicada iolanthe (Hudson 1891)
• Maoricicada lindsayi (Myers 1923)
• Maoricicada mangu (White, 1879)

• Maoricicada mangu celer Dugdale and Fleming 1978

• Maoricicada mangu gourlayi Dugdale and Fleming 1978

• Maoricicada mangu multicostata Dugdale and Fleming 1978
• Maoricicada myersi (Fleming 1971)
• Maoricicada nigra (Myers 1921)

• Maoricicada nigra frigida Dugdale and Fleming 1978
• Maoricicada oromelaena (Myers 1926)
• Maoricicada otagoensis Dugdale and Fleming 1978

• Maoricicada otagoensis maceweni Dugdale and Fleming 1978
• Maoricicada phaeoptera Dugdale and Fleming 1978
• Maoricicada tenuis Dugdale and Fleming 1978

Notes and References

1. Larivière. M.-C.. Fletcher. M. J.. Larochelle. A.. 2010. Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue. Fauna of New Zealand. 63. 1–232. 15 December 2018. Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research.
2. Web site: Simon. Chris. Chris Simon (biologist). Selected New Zealand cicada species. Cicada Central. The Simon Lab. 19 April 2016.