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species

Maoricicada phaeoptera Dugdale & Flemming, 1978

Southern Dusky Cicada

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (1)

  • Maoricicada phaeoptera Dugdale & Flemming, 1978a: 338.

    Holotype; male; 5917561c-497d-4892-b9d7-0a9d8d52217e; deposited at: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa - Entomology (MONZ); New Zealand, Otago Lakes: Sentinel Peak

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Dugdale, J.S. & Flemming, C.A. (1978a) New Zealand cicadas of the genus Maoricicada (Homoptera: Tibicinidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 5(2), 295–340.
  • Larivière, M.-C., Fletcher, M.J. & Larochelle, A. (2010a) Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue. Fauna of New Zealand, 63, 1–232.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek (φαιός + πτερόν): dull, grey, ashy + wing

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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