''Amphipsalta'', commonly known as clapping cicadas, is a
genus
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of
cicada
The cicadas () are a superfamily, the Cicadoidea, of insects in the order Hemiptera (true bugs). They are in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, along with smaller jumping bugs such as leafhoppers and froghoppers. The superfamily is divided into two ...
in the
family
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Cicadidae
Cicadidae, the true cicadas, is the largest family of cicadas, with more than 3,200 species worldwide. The oldest known definitive fossils are from the Paleocene, a nymph from the Cretaceous Burmese amber has been attributed to the family, but co ...
.
This genus is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
New Zealand
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.
LandCare
Species
* ''Amphipsalta cingulata
''Amphipsalta cingulata'', the clapping cicada, is a species of cicada that is Endemism, endemic to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
This species was first described in 1775 by Johan Christian Fabricius, Johann Christian Fabricius and named ''Tettigonia c ...
'' (Fabricius, 1775)
* ''Amphipsalta strepitans
''Amphipsalta strepitans'', the chirping cicada, is a species of cicada that is Endemism, endemic to New Zealand. This species was first described by George Willis Kirkaldy in 1909.
References
Cicadas of New Zealand
Endemic fauna of New ...
'' (Kirkaldy, 1909)
* ''Amphipsalta zelandica
The chorus cicada, ''Amphipsalta zelandica'', is the most common species of cicada in New Zealand, where it is endemic (ecology), endemic and found in most areas. They typically live in forests and areas with open bush, where their left-over nym ...
'' (Boisduval, 1835)
References
Cicadas of New Zealand
Cicadettini
Cicadidae genera
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