Maoricicada mangu is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand.[1][2] This species was first described by Francis Buchanan White in 1879, as Melampsalta mangu White, based on specimens collected from Porter's Pass, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand.[3]
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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. mangu
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The genus Maoricicada has 14 described species, of which nine are either alpine or subalpine. Maoricicada mangu is an alpine species found in scree slopes.[4]: 419
New Zealand is the only country that is known to have alpine-adapted cicadas.[5] Studies of the evolution of the species suggest that Maoricicada, along with other New Zealand alpine biota, is relatively young. It began diverging from other New Zealand cicada genera in the mid–Miocene period, during the Kaikōura orogeny around 12 Mya, when the uplift of the Southern Alps commenced. Divergence amongst the related high alpine species occurred during more recent periods of uplift.[4]: 430
Subspecies edit
There are four subspecies which are distinguished by their calls or other characteristics, and occupy different geographical areas of the South Island:[6][7]
- Maoricicada mangu celer Dugdale & Fleming, 1978 – braying cicada. Described from the Crimea Range, Canterbury.
- Maoricicada mangu gourlayi Dugdale & Fleming, 1978 – Dun Mountain cicada. Found in the Dun Mountains and Mt Robert, Nelson.
- Maoricicada mangu mangu (White, 1879) – Canterbury scree cicada. Distributed in the eastern side of the Southern Alps in Canterbury.
- Maoricicada mangu multicostata Dugdale & Fleming, 1978 – northern scree cicada. Distributed from Marlborough to north Canterbury.
Distribution edit
Maoricicada mangu is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand.[7] Three of the subspecies are found in the mountains of the northeastern South Island (Nelson, Marlborough and northern Canterbury), whereas M. mangu mangu is found in the mountains of central South Island in Canterbury.[7]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Maoricicada mangu (White, 1879)". 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.
- ^ White, Francis Buchanan (1 January 1879). "List of the Hemiptera of New Zealand". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 15: 213–216. doi:10.5962/BHL.PART.22017.
- ^ a b Thomas R. Buckley; Chris Simon (5 July 2007). "Evolutionary radiation of the cicada genus Maoricicada Dugdale (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea) and the origins of the New Zealand alpine biota". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 91 (3): 419–435. doi:10.1111/J.1095-8312.2007.00807.X. ISSN 0024-4066. Wikidata Q56827239.
- ^ Dennis, Andy (24 September 2007). "Mountains - Alpine plants and animals - Alpine cicada". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ Larivière, M.-C.; Fletcher, M. J.; Larochelle, A. (2010). "Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 63: 1–232. Retrieved 16 December 2018 – via Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research.
- ^ a b c 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.
Gallery edit
External links edit
- Maoricicada mangu mangu discussed on RNZ Critter of the Week, 27 October 2023
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