Maoricicada phaeoptera | |
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Female | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Family: | Cicadidae |
Genus: | Maoricicada |
Species: | M. phaeoptera
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Binomial name | |
Maoricicada phaeoptera |
Maoricicada phaeoptera, also known as the southern dusky cicada, is a species of insect that is endemic to New Zealand.[1][2] This species was first described by John S. Dugdale and Charles Fleming in 1978.[3][4]