Maoricicada campbelli explained

Maoricicada campbelli, also known as the Campbell's cicada, is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand.[1] [2] This species was first described by John Golding Myers in 1923 under the name Melapsalta campbelli.[3] [4] [5] It was named in honour of James Wishart Campbell, who collected the first specimens of this species.

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Maoricicada campbelli (Myers, 1923). Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. 16 December 2018.
  3. 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.
  4. 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. 10.1080/03014223.1978.10428319. free.
  5. Myers. J. G.. 1923. New species of New Zealand Cicadidae. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 54. 430–431. Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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