Maoricicada campbelli
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| Maoricicada campbelli | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Genus: | Maoricicada |
| Species: | M. campbelli |
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| Maoricicada campbelli | |
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Maoricicada campbelli, also known as the Campbell's cicada, is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand.[3][2] This species was first described by John Golding Myers in 1923 under the name Melapsalta campbelli.[1][4][5] It was named in honour of James Wishart Campbell, who collected the first specimens of this species.[5]
