Maoricicada nigra

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]

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

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. "Maoricicada nigra (Myers, 1921)". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  2. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity, Volume Two, Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 403. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
  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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