Rhodopsalta microdora

Rhodopsalta microdora, also known as the little redtail cicada, is a species of insect that is endemic to New Zealand.[1][2] This species was first described in 1936 by George Vernon Hudson and named Melampsalta microdora.[3]

Rhodopsalta microdora
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Rhodopsalta
Species:
R. microdora
Binomial name
Rhodopsalta microdora
(Hudson, 1936)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Melampsalta microdora Hudson, 1936

References

  1. 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.
  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. "Rhodopsalta microdora (Hudson, 1936)". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 17 December 2018.


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