Maxwell Sydney Moulds is an Australian

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

. The majority of his books are written about Cicadas.An Appraisal of the Cicadas of the Genus Abricta Stål and Allied Genera (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadidae) by M.S. MOULDS
''australianmuseum.net.au'' Maxwell Sydney Moulds led a morphological analysis of the genus and discovered the cicadas separation naturally into

clade A clade (), also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a group of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree. Rather than the English term, ...

s according to

biogeographical Biogeography is the study of the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological time. Organisms and biological communities often vary in a regular fashion along geographic gradients of latitude, elevation, i ...

area.

Bibliography

* Bibliography of the Australian

butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

1773–1973. *Australian Cicadas *A Review of the Genera of Australian Cicadas *Embedding Insects and Other Specimens in Clear Plastic *The Higher Level Classification of Cicadas *A Revision of the Cicada Genus

Abricta ''Abricta'' is a genus of cicada found in Réunion, Mauritius, northeastern India, the Moluccas, New Caledonia and eastern Australia. They make a distinctive hissing sound when calling. Adult members of the genus usually face downwards on tree br ...

Stål *Labelling insect specimens

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