World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
genus

Maoricicada Dugdale, 1972

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (5)

  • Maoricicada Dugdale, 1972a: 876.

    type species by original designation Melampsalta campbelli Myers, 1923

  • Maoripsalta [sic] Dugdale, 1972 in Fleming, 1975a: 1570.
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  • Maoricicad [sic] Dugdale, 1972 in Chou, Lei, Li, Lu & Yao, 1997a: 25.
  • Maoricicad [sic] Dugdale, 1972 (misspelling of Maoricicada Dugdale, 1972) in Chou, Lei, Li, Lu & Yao, 1997a: 25.

Type

Melampsalta campbelli Myers, 1923 type species by original designation of Maoricicada Dugdale, 1972

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

after Maori, indigenous people of New Zealand + Cicada

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Chou, I., Lei, Z.-R., Li, L., Lu, X.-L. & Yao, W. (1997a) The Cicadidae of China (Homoptera: Cicadoidea). Tianze Eldoneio, Hong Kong, 380 pp., 16 plts. [in Chinese]
  • Dugdale, J.S. (1972a) Genera of New Zealand Cicadidae (Homoptera). New Zealand Journal of Science, 14, 856–882. [1971]
  • Fleming, C.A. (1975a) Cicadas (1). New Zealand's Nature Heritage, 4, 1568–1572.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1023
species1402438
subspecies80816