Maoricicada oromelaena | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Family: | Cicadidae |
Genus: | Maoricicada |
Species: | M. oromelaena
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Binomial name | |
Maoricicada oromelaena | |
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Maoricicada oromelaena, also known as the greater alpine black cicada, is a species of insect that is endemic to New Zealand.[1][2] This species was first described by John Golding Myers in 1926.[1][3]