Biology:Amphipsalta cingulata
| Clapping cicada | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Genus: | Amphipsalta |
| Species: | A. cingulata
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| Binomial name | |
| Amphipsalta cingulata (Fabricius, 1775)[1]
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Amphipsalta cingulata, the clapping cicada, is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand.[3][1]
Taxonomy
This species was first described in 1775 by Johann Christian Fabricius based on four specimens.[4][2] Fabricius had been given the specimens by naturalist Sir Joseph Banks, who had collected them from New Zealand while on the voyage of the HMS Endeavour under then-Lieutenant James Cook. Banks and his assistants are recorded to have collected nine cicada specimens from New Zealand, though neither he nor Cook mention the insects in their diaries.[2]
In 1921 the species was transferred to the genus Melampsalta and then to Cicadetta in 1963. In 1969 the species was reclassified into a new genus, Amphipsalta, by John Stweart Dugdale and Charles Alexander Fleming. The pair also designated the male first syntype from Banks' collection a lectotype.[2]: 943
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand and is found only in the North Island.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Amphipsalta cingulata (Fabricius, 1775)". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/db7e22da-a4bb-4574-8b9e-e76987adf5d0.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Dugdale, J.S.; Fleming, C.A. (1969). "Two New Zealand cicadas collected on Cook's Endeavour voyage, with description of a new genus.". New Zealand Journal of Science 12: 929–57. https://bugz.ento.org.nz/detail/0ec02aac-eaf3-40fc-9592-b9bdf848eb89.
- ↑ , p. 403, Wikidata Q45922947
- ↑ Fabricius, Johann Christian (1775). Systema entomologiae : sistens insectorvm classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibvs, observationibvs. Flensbvrgi et Lipsiae: In Officina Libraria Kortii. pp. 680. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.36510. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25552067.
- ↑ "NZ Farm Forestry - Large Cicadas, Amphipsalta spp.". https://www.nzffa.org.nz/farm-forestry-model/the-essentials/forest-health-pests-and-diseases/Pests/Amphipsalta/large-cicadas-amphipsalta-spp-/.
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