Maoricicada oromelaena
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| Maoricicada oromelaena | |
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| Male | |
| Female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Genus: | Maoricicada |
| Species: | M. oromelaena |
| Binomial name | |
| Maoricicada oromelaena | |
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Maoricicada oromelaena, also known as the greater alpine black cicada, is a species of insect that is endemic to New Zealand.[1][2] This species was first described by John Golding Myers in 1926.[1][3]