Maoricicada cassiope, also known as the screaming cicada, is a species of insect that is endemic to New Zealand.[3][2] This species was first described by George Hudson in 1891.[1][4] Maoricicada cassiope can be found in mountainous regions of the North and upper South Island.[5]
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Screaming Cicada (Maoricicada cassiope) singing from Dracophyllum shrub at Korowai / Torlesse Tussocklands Park. -
Female perched on finger along the Otira Valley Track, Arthur's Pass National Park.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Genus: | Maoricicada |
| Species: | M. cassiope
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References
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- ^ a b 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 16 December 2018 – via Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research.
- ^ a b "Maoricicada cassiope (Hudson, 1891)". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 403. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
- ^ Dugdale, J.S.; Fleming, C.A. (1978). "New Zealand cicadas of the genus Maoricicada (Homoptera: Tibicinidae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 5 (2): 295–340. doi:10.1080/03014223.1978.10428319.
- ^ "Screaming Cicada (Maoricicada cassiope)". iNaturalist NZ. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
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