Checklist of New Zealand Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)

Extract from Larivière (2005).

Taxa are sorted alphabetically (by tribe, genus and species). Only valid names are provided. The biostatus indicates whether species are endemic, indigenous (non-endemic) or adventive (introduced)  in New Zealand. 

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Family Sub-Family Tribe Genus Species/ SubSp/Var Author Biostatus
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Amphipsalta cingulata (Fabricius, 1775) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Amphipsalta strepitans (Kirkaldy, 1909) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Amphipsalta zelandica (Boisduval, 1835) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Kikihia angusta (Walker, 1850) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Kikihia cauta (Myers, 1921) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Kikihia cutora cumberi Fleming, 1973 Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Kikihia cutora cutora (Walker, 1850) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Kikihia cutora exulis (Hudson, 1950) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Kikihia dugdalei Fleming, 1984 Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Kikihia horologium Fleming, 1984 Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Kikihia laneorum Fleming, 1984 Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Kikihia longula (Hudson, 1950) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Kikihia muta muta (Fabricius, 1775) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Kikihia muta pallida (Hudson, 1950) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Kikihia ochrina (Walker, 1858) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Kikihia paxillulae Fleming, 1984 Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Kikihia rosea (Walker, 1850) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Kikihia scutellaris (Walker, 1850) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Kikihia subalpina (Hudson, 1891) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada alticola Dugdale & Fleming, 1978 Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada campbelli (Myers, 1923) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada cassiope (Hudson, 1891) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada clamitans Dugdale & Fleming, 1978 Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada hamiltoni (Myers, 1926) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada iolanthe (Hudson, 1891) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada lindsayi (Myers, 1923) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada mangu celer Dugdale & Fleming, 1978 Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada mangu gourlayi Dugdale & Fleming, 1978 Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada mangu mangu (White, 1879) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada mangu multicostata Dugdale & Fleming, 1978 Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada myersi (Fleming, 1971) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada nigra frigida Dugdale & Fleming, 1978 Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada nigra nigra (Myers, 1921) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada oromelaena (Myers, 1926) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada otagoensis maceweni Dugdale & Fleming, 1978 Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada otagoensis otagoensis Dugdale & Fleming, 1978 Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada phaeoptera Dugdale & Fleming, 1978 Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Maoricicada tenuis Dugdale & Fleming, 1978 Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Notopsalta sericea (Walker, 1850) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Rhodopsalta cruentata (Fabricius, 1775) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Rhodopsalta leptomera (Myers, 1921) Endemic
Cicadidae Cicadettinae Cicadettini Rhodopsalta microdora (Hudson, 1936) Endemic

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