Maoricicada cassiope

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

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

References[edit]

  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 cassiope (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.