Identification of Notopsalta sericea
Genus Notopsalta Dugdale, 1972
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| Type species: Notopsalta sericea (Walker, 1850) - Clay Bank Cicada. | |
Characteristics of the genus.
Body background colour black; length less than 19 mm. Collar of pronotum more or less flanged (extended outward) laterally. Anterior wing: R crossveins not infuscate; pterostigma pigmented (not transparent); basal membrane neither red nor orange. Abdominal segments: mostly black dorsally; yellowish brown with dark marks along midline ventrally. Genitalia (see Dugdale, 1972: 869). Note: Maoricicada is also blackish in appearance, but the pterostigma of the anterior wing is transparent.
Included species.
Two: New Zealand (1), Australia (1).
Range.
New Zealand: Three Kings Islands, North Island. Australia: Southeast.
Habitat.
Lowland, mostly coastal; mainly on cliffs, clay banks, dunes, and roadsides; on bare ground surfaces, trees, scrub, and grass; also on the walls of buildings.
External hyperlink. The 2010 Catalogue of New Zealand Auchenorrhyncha (more details on nomenclature, biology, distribution, and dispersal).