New Zealand cicadas: Location guide

This guide provides the areas of New Zealand where Cicada species and subspecies have been found. It is intended to assist people who may wish to identify cicadas observed in the field or in entomological collections and museums.

Click on the area where specimens have been collected or individuals observed. This will yield a list of potential species to be identified and hyperlinks to additional information on these species.

A higher level of confidence in the final identification may be reached if this location guide is used in combination with the image gallery and the species factsheets.

NZ Cicadas - location map Three Kings Kermadec Islands Northland Auckland Coromandel Waikato Bay of Plenty Gisborne Taupo Hawkes Bay Rangitikei Wanganui Wairarapa Wellington Chatham Islands Marlborough Sounds Marlborough Kaikoura Nelson Buller North Canterbury Mid Canterbury Westland Mackenzie Fiordland Central Otago Otago Lakes Southland Stewart Island Taranaki South Canterbury Dunedin

North Island

Auckland - AK
Bay of Plenty - BP
Coromandel - CL
Gisborne - GB
Hawkes Bay - HB
Northland - ND
Rangitikei - RI
Taranaki - TK
Taupo - TO
Waikato - WO
Wairarapa - WA
Wanganui - WI
Wellington - WN

 

Offshore Islands

Chatham Islands - CH
Kermadec Islands - KE
Three Kings Island - TH

South Island

Buller - BR
Central Otago - CO
Dunedin - DN
Fiordland - FD
Kaikoura - KA
Mackenzie - MK
Marlborough - MB
Marlborough Sounds - SD
Mid Canterbury - MC
Nelson - NN
North Canterbury - NC
Otago Lakes - OL
South Canterbury - SC
Southland - SL
Westland - WD

 

Stewart Island

Stewart Island - SI

 

 

* The geographic areas shown on the map follow the standard area names and area codes of Crosby et al. (1976, 1998).

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