Amphipsalta

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraordo: Cicadomorpha
Superfamilia: Cicadoidea

Familia: Cicadidae
Subfamilia: Cicadettinae
Tribus: Cicadettini
Subtribus: Cicadettina
Genus: Amphipsalta
Species (3): A. cingulata – A. strepitans – A. zelandica
Name

Amphipsalta Fleming in Dugdale & Fleming, 1969
Gender: [feminine]
Type species: Cicada zelandica Boisduval, 1835
Fixation: original designation

Primary references

Dugdale, J.S.; Fleming, C.A. 1969: Two New Zealand cicadas collected on Cook's Endeavour voyage, with description of a new genus. New Zealand journal of science, 12: 929–957. BUGZ

Amphipsalta zelandica

Amphipsalta, commonly known as clapping cicadas, is a genus of cicada in the family Cicadidae.[1] This genus is endemic to New Zealand.[2]
Species

Amphipsalta cingulata (Fabricius, 1775)
Amphipsalta strepitans (Kirkaldy, 1909)
Amphipsalta zelandica (Boisduval, 1835)

References

Larivière, M.-C.; Fletcher, M. J.; Larochelle, A. (2010). "Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 63: 1–232. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2018 – via Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research.
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