Maoricicada alticola
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Genus: | Maoricicada |
| Species: | M. alticola
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Maoricicada alticola, also known as the high alpine cicada, is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand.[2][3] This species was first described by John S. Dugdale and Charles Fleming in 1978.[1][4] Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Naturally Uncommon" with the qualifiers of Range Restricted".[5]
References
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- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Maoricicada alticola Dugdale & Fleming, 1978". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Stringer, I. A.N.; Hitchmough, R. A.; Larivière, M.-C.; Eyles, A. C.; Teulon, D. A.J.; Dale, P. J.; Henderson, R. C. (1 July 2012). "The conservation status of New Zealand Hemiptera". New Zealand Entomologist. 35 (2): 110–115. doi:10.1080/00779962.2012.686314. ISSN 0077-9962.