Rhodopsalta leptomera

Rhodopsalta leptomera
	Female
	Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Family:	Cicadidae
Genus:	Rhodopsalta
Species:	R. leptomera
Binomial name
	Rhodopsalta leptomera; (Myers, 1921)[1]
Synonyms[1]
	Melampsalta leptomera Myers, 1921 ;

Rhodopsalta leptomera, also known as the sand dune redtail cicada, is a species of insect that is endemic to New Zealand.[1][2] This species was first described in 1921 by J. G. Myers and named Melampsalta leptomera.[3][4]

References

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.
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.
"Rhodopsalta leptomera (Myers, 1921)". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
Myers, J. G. (1921). "A revision of the New Zealand Cicadidae (Homoptera) with descriptions of new species". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 53: 238–250 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[FNZ2010-1] 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.

[NZIB-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.

[NZOR-3] "Rhodopsalta leptomera (Myers, 1921)". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 17 December 2018.

[4] Myers, J. G. (1921). "A revision of the New Zealand Cicadidae (Homoptera) with descriptions of new species". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 53: 238–250 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.