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.