Maoricicada oromelaena

Maoricicada oromelaena, also known as the greater alpine black cicada, is a species of insect that is endemic to New Zealand.[1][2] This species was first described by John Golding Myers in 1926.[1][3]

Maoricicada oromelaena
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Maoricicada
Species:
M. oromelaena
Binomial name
Maoricicada oromelaena
(Myers, 1926)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Melampsalta oromelaena Myers, 1926

References

  1. "Maoricicada oromelaena (Myers, 1926)". 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. 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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