Biology:Maoricicada nigra

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Short description: Species of insect

Maoricicada nigra
Maoricicada nigra nigra male.jpg
Male Maoricicada nigra nigra
Maoricicada nigra nigra female.jpg
Female Maoricicada nigra nigra
Scientific classification edit
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

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Maoricicada nigra (Myers, 1921)". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/6ee50e2b-eec1-4a13-b9e2-a72c918f01d2. Retrieved 17 December 2018. 
  2. , p. 403 , 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. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3309636. 
  4. Larivière, M.-C.; Fletcher, M. J.; Larochelle, A. (2010). "Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue". Fauna of New Zealand 63: 1–232. http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/26328/FNZ63Auchenorrhycha.pdf. Retrieved 17 December 2018. 

Wikidata ☰ Q10576743 entry