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Amphipsalta strepitans

Amphipsalta strepitans, the chirping cicada, is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand. This species was first described by George Willis Kirkaldy in 1909.

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Amphipsalta strepitans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Amphipsalta
Species:
A. strepitans
Binomial name
Amphipsalta strepitans
(Kirkaldy, 1909)
Synonyms1
  • Cicadetta strepitans Kirkaldy, 1909

Amphipsalta strepitans, the chirping cicada, is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand.21 This species was first described by George Willis Kirkaldy in 1909.3

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References

  1. "Amphipsalta strepitans (Kirkaldy, 1909)". www.nzor.org.nz. Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  2. 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. LCCN 2011379669. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
  3. Larivière, M.-C.; Fletcher, M. J.; Larochelle, A. (2010). "Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 63: 1–232. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2018 – via Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research.