Maoricicada campbelli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Maoricicada
Species:
M. campbelli
Binomial name
Maoricicada campbelli
(Myers, 1923)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Melampsalta campbelli Myers, 1923

Maoricicada campbelli, also known as the Campbell's cicada, is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand.[3][2] This species was first described by John Golding Myers in 1923 under the name Melapsalta campbelli.[1][4][5] It was named in honour of James Wishart Campbell, who collected the first specimens of this species.[5]

References

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  1. 1 2 Larivière, M.-C.; Fletcher, M. J.; Larochelle, A. (2010). "Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 63: 1–232. Retrieved 15 December 2018 – via Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research.
  2. 1 2 "Maoricicada campbelli (Myers, 1923)". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  3. ↑ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 403. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
  4. ↑ Dugdale, J.S.; Fleming, C.A. (1978). "New Zealand cicadas of the genus Maoricicada (Homoptera: Tibicinidae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 5 (2): 295–340. doi:10.1080/03014223.1978.10428319.
  5. 1 2 Myers, J. G. (1923). "New species of New Zealand Cicadidae". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 54: 430–431 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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