''Maoricicada,'' commonly known as black cicadas or mountain black cicadas, is a
genus
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of
cicada in the
family
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Cicadidae.
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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.
Species
* ''
Maoricicada alticola''
Dugdale and Fleming 1978
* ''
Maoricicada campbelli''
(Myers 1923)
* ''
Maoricicada cassiope''
(Hudson 1891)
* ''
Maoricicada clamitans''
Dugdale and Fleming 1978
* ''
Maoricicada hamiltoni''
(Myers 1926)
* ''
Maoricicada iolanthe''
(Hudson 1891)
* ''
Maoricicada lindsayi''
(Myers 1923)
* ''
Maoricicada mangu''
(White, 1879)
:* ''
Maoricicada mangu celer''
Dugdale and Fleming 1978
:* ''
Maoricicada mangu gourlayi''
Dugdale and Fleming 1978
:* ''
Maoricicada mangu multicostata''
Dugdale and Fleming 1978
* ''
Maoricicada myersi''
(Fleming 1971)
* ''
Maoricicada nigra''
(Myers 1921)
:* ''
Maoricicada nigra frigida''
Dugdale and Fleming 1978
* ''
Maoricicada oromelaena''
(Myers 1926)
* ''
Maoricicada otagoensis''
Dugdale and Fleming 1978
:* ''
Maoricicada otagoensis maceweni''
Dugdale and Fleming 1978
* ''
Maoricicada phaeoptera''
Dugdale and Fleming 1978
* ''
Maoricicada tenuis
''Maoricicada tenuis'', also known as the northern dusky cicada, is a species of insect that is endemic to New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landm ...
''
Dugdale and Fleming 1978
References
Cicadas of New Zealand
Cicadettini
Cicadidae genera
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