New Zealand cicadas of the genus Maoricicada (Homoptera: Tibicinidae) |
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Authors: | J. S. Dugdale C. A. Fleming |
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Affiliation: | 1. Entomology Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research , Private Bag, Auckland , New Zealand;2. 42 Wadestown Road, Wellington , New Zealand |
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Abstract: | Abstract The genus Maoricicada Dugdale, 1972 includes 19 taxa, of which 15 are described here. Ten from the South Island mountains are described as new: M. alticola, M. clamitans, M. mangu gourlayi, M. m. multicostata, M. m. celer, M. nigra frigida, M. otagoensis otagoensis, M. o. maceweni, M. phaeoptera, and M. tenuis. The distributions of most taxa are mapped, their songs are represented by sonograms, and their known periods of emergence are recorded. Evidence of hybridisation is unknown. Most species are characteristic of open, unforested sites; M. nigra nigra and M. oromelaena occur close to the summer snowline, a zone not known to be inhabited by cicadas elsewhere in the world. |
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Keywords: | Macropus rufogriseus fruticus South Canterbury growth condition season length weight |
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