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Maoricicada iolanthe
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Maoricicada
Species:
M. iolanthe
Binomial name
Maoricicada iolanthe
( Hudson, 1891) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Cicada iolanthe Hudson, 1891

Maoricicada iolanthe, also known as the Iolanthe cicada, is a species of insect that is endemic to New Zealand. [2] [3] This species was first described by George Vernon Hudson in 1891. [1] [4]

References

  1. ^ a b Larivière, M.-C.; Fletcher, M. J.; Larochelle, A. (2010). "Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 63: 1–232. Retrieved 16 December 2018 – via Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research.
  2. ^ a b "Maoricicada iolanthe (Hudson, 1891)". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  3. ^ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 403. ISBN  978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC  973607714. OL  25288394M. Wikidata  Q45922947.
  4. ^ Dugdale, J.S.; Fleming, C.A. (1978). "New Zealand cicadas of the genus Maoricicada (Homoptera: Tibicinidae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 5 (2): 295–340. doi: 10.1080/03014223.1978.10428319.