Maoricicada myersi , also known as Myers' cicada, is a species of insect that is endemic to New Zealand.[1][2] This species was first described by Charles Fleming in 1971.[3][4]

Maoricicada myersi
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Maoricicada
Species:
M. myersi
Binomial name
Maoricicada myersi
(Fleming, 1971)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Cicadetta myersi Fleming, 1971

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Maoricicada myersi (Fleming, 1971)". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  2. ^ 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.
  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.
  4. ^ Fleming, C. A. (1971). "A new species of cicada from rock fans in southern Wellington, with a review of three species with similar songs and habitat". New Zealand Journal of Science. 14: 443–479.