''Maoricicada hamiltoni'', also known as the Hamilton's cicada, is a species of insect that 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 ...

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

. This species was first described by John Golding Myers in 1926. This species is named in honour of Harold Hamilton.

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Cicadas of New Zealand Insects described in 1926 Endemic fauna of New Zealand Cicadettini Endemic insects of New Zealand {{Cicadidae-stub