Maoricicada nigra
Male Maoricicada nigra nigra
Female Maoricicada nigra nigra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Maoricicada
Species:
M. nigra
Binomial name
Maoricicada nigra
(Myers, 1921)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Melampsalta nigra Myers, 1921

Maoricicada nigra is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand.[1][2] This species was first described by John Golding Myers in 1921.[1][3]

Subspecies

There are two subspecies:[4]

  • Maoricicada nigra frigida Dugdale & Fleming, 1978 – eastern subnival cicada
  • Maoricicada nigra nigra (Myers, 1921) – western subnival cicada

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Maoricicada nigra (Myers, 1921)". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Myers, J. G. (1921). "A revision of the New Zealand Cicadidae (Homoptera) with descriptions of new species". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 53: 238–250 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. ↑ Larivière, M.-C.; Fletcher, M. J.; Larochelle, A. (2010). "Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 63: 1–232. Retrieved 17 December 2018 – via Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research.


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