Amphipsalta cingulata

Amphipsalta cingulata, the clapping cicada, is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand.[3][1]

Amphipsalta cingulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Family:	Cicadidae
Genus:	Amphipsalta
Species:	A. cingulata
Binomial name
Amphipsalta cingulata (Fabricius, 1775)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Tettigonia cingulata Fabricius, 1775 Melampsalta cingulata (Fabricius, 1775) Cicadetta cingulata (Fabricius, 1775)

Taxonomy

This species was first described in 1775 by Johann Christian Fabricius and named Tettigonia cingulata.[4][2]

References

1. "Amphipsalta cingulata (Fabricius, 1775)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
2. Dugdale, J.S.; Fleming, C.A. (1969). "Two New Zealand cicadas collected on Cook's Endeavour voyage, with description of a new genus". New Zealand Journal of Science. 12: 929–57 – via BUGZ.
3. 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.
4. Fabricius, Johann Christian (1775). Systema entomologiae : sistens insectorvm classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibvs, observationibvs. Flensbvrgi et Lipsiae: In Officina Libraria Kortii. p. 680. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.36510.